Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

- Virgil Thomson

I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.

- Virgil Thomson

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

- Virgil Thomson

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

- Virgil Thomson

I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

- Virgil Thomson

I look at you and I write down what I hear.

- Virgil Thomson