"Life without playing music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music."

"The Negroes are certainly more primitive than us, but not in a negative sense."

"The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses."

"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."

"I am a deeply religious nonbeliever. This is a somewhat new kind of religion."