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"I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late."
Mother
"This exploded in me almost more music than I could consume."
Music
"I don't think I'll ever be president of anything."
President
"In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers."
Composer
"I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial."
Music
"Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself."
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"I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups."
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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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"I have tremendous respect for film composers."
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"Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary."
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"Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves with texts."
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"Many composers today don't know what the human throat is."
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"Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism."
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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."
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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."
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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!"
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