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"When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet."
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"I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear."
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"What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music."
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"Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior."
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"I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music."
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"Music is the highest form of philosophy of the conscious mind."
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"I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want."
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"To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but, with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed."
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"I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them somehow in what I'm doing or get involved in what they're doing."
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"It used to be that creative music was most of the music that you heard back in the '30s and '40s, and now it's like 3 percent. So, its kind of a struggle getttin' it out there."
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"Music fills the infinite to give us infinite joy."
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"When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet."
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"I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff."
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"The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs."
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"A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda."
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"The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem."
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