Leonard Bernstein Thinking Quotations

It is hard to think of another composer who so perfectly marries form and passion.

The Rhapsody is not a composition at all. It's a string of separate paragraphs stuck together - with a thin paste of flour and water... I don't think there has been such an inspired melodist on this earth since Tchaikovsky... but if you want to speak of a composer, that's another matter.

I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it , or thinking about it .