The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another inevitably . . . and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.
Source: The Joy of Music, 1959.
-- Leonard Bernstein, (Aug 25 1918-1990), US composer, conductor; He was the immensely popular conductor of the N.Y. Philharmonic and best known for West Side Story, 1957.