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"Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is."
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"You can not hope to arrive at harmony in your life while stirring up disturbances in anothers..."
"To live in peace is to follow peace with all men."
"Where there is great love there is great harmony of thought."
"Never expect others to be like you, it can be the biggest nightmare!!! Collaboration and synchronization needs to be found in the difference."
"In 50 years it won't matter if he's handsome, ugly, or dumb as a post, just try to find someone who don't make you want to shove a pitchfork up his nose."
"When the world is at peace, when all things are tranquil and all men obey their superiors in all their courses, then music can be perfected. When desires and passions do not turn into wrongful paths, music can be perfected. Perfect music has its cause. It arises from equilibrium. Equilibrium arises from righteousness, and righteousness arises from the meaning of the cosmos. Therefore one can speak about music only with a man who has perceived the meaning of the cosmos."
"People will listen to you when you become the 'Embodiment of Love' [Prem Swaroop]. When can you become the 'Embodiment of Love'? When you do not look for laws or rules, When you do not see anyone at fault."
"My sacred twins live in blissful harmony, and I am integrated."
"Choose food, clothing, and shelter that accords with nature.Rely on your own body for transportation. Allow your work and your recreation to be one and the same. Do exercise that develops your whole being and not just your body. Listen to music that bridges the three spheres of your being. Choose leaders for their virtue rather than their wealth or power. Serve others and cultivate yourself simultaneously. Understand that true growth comes from meeting and solving problems of life in a way that is harmonizing to yourself and to others. If you can follow these simple old ways, you will be continually renewed."
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"In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been."
"The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself."
"There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will."
"I don't believe in an annual dose of film music for the sake of it being film music. If we program film music, it will be because there is a real artistic reason for doing so."
"This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience."
"In the range of music that we play - roughly 300 years' worth-there really are more similarities than differences."
"With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard."
"The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius."
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