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I really don't think I have that much of the gift; I have a little bit, but I wish I were Schubert or Chopin or Beethoven, though Beethoven had a very difficult time writing melody, too.

On my mental iPod, I always have Stravinsky and Ravel.

Mozart, Beethoven - how can you not want to share them with everyone and anyone? This stuff is of as great importance as the food we eat and the air we breathe.

I consider my musical ability to be a gift from the Creator. It's not that I try to work hard or nothing like that, it's a gift, it was given to me, and I appreciate it.

Music infuses your spirit with a certain energy that I try to convey in my work.

Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.

I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly.

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.

Mozart is my first strength.