Johann Bach:
I think that the aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.
John Cage:
I think that music is everywhere.
Arvo Pärt:
I have a need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower.
Steve Reich:
I’m interested in a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in the same thing.
Autechre:
I don’t think of a sound in my head and try and find it on the keyboard.
I just find the sound on the keyboard.
(Head nodding, awkward silence, stirring of drinks.)