Karlheinz Stockhausen

“Every sound has a soul.”

“I am not a human being. I am a vibration. I am a musician.”

“I think that music has always been a way of connecting with something higher than ourselves.”

“The most important thing is to be prepared for the unexpected.”

“I want to make a music that is not for just one culture, but for the entire cosmos.”

“What happened there is, of course, the greatest work of art that is possible in the whole cosmos.”

“My music should be a way of life.”

“Sound is a living being. It is a spirit.”

“Humour is the highest form of intelligence.”

“The first task for a new music is to create a new listening.”

“We are all transistors.”

“The future will be electronic.”

“Time is elastic.”

“I don't think in terms of styles. I think in terms of ideas.”

“A composer is a medium.”

“To be free is not to do whatever you want, but to be able to do what you must.”