I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.'
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Without music, life would be a mistake.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.
Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.
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Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune.
Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.
Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
