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- Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. — Gustav Mahler
- I think a lot of it is that we used to tour so much that we never really had time to write songs. — Mike Lowry
- Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully. — Gyorgy Ligeti
- Then, after the war it was impossible to travel, after so many years of Hitler and Stalin. — Gyorgy Ligeti
- I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything. — Gyorgy Ligeti