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Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

When you look at that period when Warhol and the Velvets and the Stones were doing things, it was this intersection of art and music. And then it went away.

First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians started to look outside the traditional structures of tonality.

I think that music is still art, even if it's commercialised.

But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment.

All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.

I think a lot of times we think of music as being different from other art forms. You would never ask a sculptor or painter, 'Go paint this because you'll get paid more,' you know what I mean?

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

For a long time, I believed that a great piece of music on its own could do more to stir the soul than any other single art form.