The aim of music is not to express feelings but to express music. It is not a vessel into which the composer distills his soul drop by drop, but a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal.
– Pierre Boulez
Not a huge Boulez fan but that is a great quote.
“Na nananana nananana nanana nanana…nananana”
The Residents - Third Reich N Roll
Up quarks, down quarks and ‘elektrons’, the fundamental particles of music.
Me
“All music is just a collision of sounds until you know its internal conventions and understand the nuances. It’s a question of familiarity.”
-Max Richter