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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."
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"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."
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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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"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 reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."
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"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."
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"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."
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"Music is the fastest motivator in the world."
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"I listen to music constantly while writing."
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"Music has the ability to express in the upbeat every brilliant aspect of existence, while on the downbeat convey the anguish that a human being experiences when apprehending the fleeting nature of time, and the mysterious torture of living and dying. Music stands alone in its ability to communicate the symbols and phases of life, both being and nonbeing."
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"It's the irrational things that interest me."
Interest
"There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes."
Work
"Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it."
Music
"I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music."
Music
"In the end it doesn't matter what you do."
End
"Music is such a problem in the time it takes."
Music
"When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted."
Music
"People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me."
Music
"The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles."
Opera
"The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names."
Influence
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