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Maureen Forrester

"Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great many phenomenal conductors. It is wonderful music, very spiritual."

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"Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great many phenomenal conductors. It is wonderful music, very spiritual."

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"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."

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"To understand fully the importance of music, you must try to image a world without music! Such a world would be a world of hopelessness and boredom!"

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"As I fingered my way through the songs, I felt my worries slough away. My music has always been the best remedy for my dark moods. As I sang, even my bruises seemed to pain me less."

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"Harpists spend half their life tuning and the other half playing out of tune."

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"As sunlight is for flowers, and sustenance for the mortal shell, music is for the human soul."

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"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

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

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