Darius Milhaud
The most difficult thing in music is still to write a melody of several bars which can be self-sufficient. That is the secret of music. While the technique should be as perfected as possible, that is a lesser essential Anybody can acquire a brilliant technique Melody alone permits a work to survive.Collection: Writing
It is curious how people go on believing that the musician knows less about what he is doing than those that judge him.Collection: Believe
I had a marvelously happy childhood.Collection: Childhood