".....music more and more escapes the grasp of the composer, the musician and the listener. The notion of music as 'a genius' creation', as an 'artisanal product' manufactured according to a certain tradition, or as an experience that is exchangeable within a market, is coming to an end..

..music seems more like a natural phenomenon or a ghostlike apparition, brought about by experiments or certain states of mind. Heavily distorted or barely audible - a hiss, almost; an essential unreliability, that nevertheless determines its vitality..."