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That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.

My training in music and composition then led me to a kind of musical language process in which, for example, the sound of the words I play with has to expose their true meaning against their will so to speak.

Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.

My musical knowledge is so bad it's embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in terms of senses and emotion, rather than keys and tempo.

Music is an art form. It is a way to wordlessly communicate.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.

Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.

Of all the arts, music is really the most abstract.

What I couldn't say verbally I was able to express physically through the guitar.