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"In the beginning..when ray and day hadn't yet come into existence at all, there was a kind of radiance that illuminates universe. That radiance is the light of knowledge and goodness. That radiance will persistently and consistently shines brightly even after all the stars and moons in this vast universe died out."

"The moment the light of your being becomes bright, darkness will melt away to reveal the brightness of your consciousness."

"It is at midnight, not midday, that stars shine the brightest."

"Where there is darkness, let me be the light. Where there is suffering, let me be kind and compassionate."
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"Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper."

"I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense - about the sensuality of the mechanism of the universe... about life."

"The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field."

"I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned."

"Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow."
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