Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.
Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.
This American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously.
One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American Jewish music.
I think my type of personality has all music inside of it, so I am full of music, without even knowing it, without even learning it, without even hearing it.
I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music.
The music I do is food... that will be your dinner.
It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do.
My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.
My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
I think that's the problem in a lot of music. We've got these record labels.
They told me that they are starting a classic label, and wanted me to be the first artist. So I signed, and am producing myself, and writing my own music, but I'm their first artist on their classic label. And I have creative control.
There were times I used to go to parties when I was, you know, like 15-, 16-years-old, and I'd always bring my guitar, and all my friends would be like, sing one of the Smokey songs. And everything I sang was his music, and I could sound just like him.
I still have a passion for the music, which is such a beautiful thing. I still wake up in the middle of the night out of a dream and have a melody in my head, and run to my piano.