If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?

If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?

如果一个作曲家有一个好妻子和几个好孩子，他怎么能让孩子们因为他的不和谐音而挨饿呢?

-- Charles Ives 查尔斯·艾夫斯