It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness. But even here it is a work that has to be earned by labor in ones earlier years. One should labor so hard in youth that everything one does subsequently is easy by comparison. – Ashley Montagu
Its amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience. – Carlisle Floyd
