I never understood the need for a "live" audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.
Music is...the coordination between man and time.
All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.