In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings on it in back of my mind. Charles Ives backbandbras Change image and share on social
If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might better stick to the horse, and some day the horse may carry him into heaven. Charles Ives carrydayheaven Change image and share on social
But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense. Charles Ives curiousdefinitenessextravagant Change image and share on social