Karlheinz Stockhausen

“Every sound has a soul.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“A composer is a medium.”

“The future will be electronic.”

“Time is elastic.”

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