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The things that make me different are the things that make me.
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Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
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Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.
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It's fun to be creative and innovative and come up with something crazy. So I need people to work with who are not going to be afraid to take it to the left a bit.
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The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.
