"I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him."

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"I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him."

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"There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There are none, nor will there ever be one. That ain't about to happen!"

J. J. Johnson, American Musician

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"Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today."

George Crumb, American Composer

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"I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups."

David Del Tredici, American Composer

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"I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven."

Jascha Heifetz, American Musician

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"Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere."

Pablo Casals, Spanish Musician

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"In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers."

Hoagy Carmichael, American Composer

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"I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour."

Gavin Bryars, English Composer

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"I have tremendous respect for film composers."

John Corigliano, American Composer

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"When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso guitarists."

Andres Segovia, Spanish Musician

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"Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast."

Carlisle Floyd, American Composer

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"That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business."

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"I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly."

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"Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too."

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"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off."

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"Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music."

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"I'll sleep when I'm dead."

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"There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There are none, nor will there ever be one. That ain't about to happen!"

"Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today."

"I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups."

"I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven."

"Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere."

"In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers."

"I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour."

"I have tremendous respect for film composers."

"When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso guitarists."

"Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast."

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"That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business."

"I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly."

"Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too."

"Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage."

"I have no guitar technique."

"Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time."

"I'm not a big jazz fan."

"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off."

"Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music."

"I'll sleep when I'm dead."