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"I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a book coming out when it's supposed to."

"Lonnie was ahead of his time, but at the same time he was right in there with Albert Collins's Cool Sounds."

"You think you know her. Just wait and see the change. I'll have her trained in no time."
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"Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one."

"When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD."

"I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder."

"I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour."

"It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation."
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