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Music is what feelings sound like.
Music is what feelings sound like.
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.rn
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.rn
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to read more
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt read more
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.'
Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly read more
Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf.
Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.
Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.
