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Pierre Schaeffer

"The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there."

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"The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there."

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"People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas."

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"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway."

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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

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"Strains of music spring up, crystallizing in the night air like rain turning suddenly to snow, drifting to earth."

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"I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition."

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"Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music."

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"It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" I thought, this is it."

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"I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise."

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"I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls."

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