"I always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music."

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"Music is the language of the soul and the expression of deep inner feelings."

"Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God."

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"They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am wondering whether some music can follow you for ever."

"No one can any longer write in the fat style of Strauss. That was killed by Stravinsky. He stripped the body of much of its clothes. Music is the craft of building structures with sound and that is what Stravinsky represents."

"Music is healing and soothing. It is the universal language of kindness and love."

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"I always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music."