"I did take composition lessons when I was in high school, so I wrote piano pieces. I wrote some chamber music. I don't think any of that was particularly interesting."

-- Tod Machover

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“I take action in the direction of my dreams, passions, talents, and interests. I know that I have a much-needed life purpose, which I embrace without delay. I focus only on today with respect to my goals, trusting that all of my tomorrows will work out well.”
“It stems from my Australianisms and belief that everyone is a fundamental cog in the wheel.”
“There's not much longevity in music today. It's so easy to go in, put some pretentious lyrics on, with people saying the same thing over and over and over.”
“The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that door, I knew the magnitude of the decision that I made, and the poor judgment, and what I allowed to happen to the animals. And, you know, its no way of explaining the hurt and the guilt that I felt. And that was the reason I cried so many nights.”
“I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.”
“The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive.”

Source : "Who the hell is Eric Church?". Interview with Bill DeYoung, www.connectsavannah.com. January 31, 2012.
“artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.”
“Some there are who are much more ashamed of confessing a sin than of committing it.”

Source : "L'Heptaméron" by Marguerite of Navarre, Sixth Day, Novel LX (trans. W. K. Kelly), 1558.

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