"The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do."

-- Igor Stravinsky

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“Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, its an involuntary explosion of the lungs. The lungs need to replenish themselves with oxygen. So you laugh, you breathe, the blood runs, and everything is circulating. If you dont laugh, youll die.”
“I've done quite a few records now, and I look back and think of them as documents of my musical journey.”

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“I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.”
“Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.”
“Always define your area of excellence. Establish the area where you will be the best.”
“I'm half-Italian and half-Polish. So I'm always putting a hit out on myself.”
“I think that gulf is what makes the work interesting, but as a creator it's endlessly frustrating because I'm starting out with this goal, this thing I'm trying to create, and then the thing I actually do create is very, very different. It's always painful, in some ways, especially when it's just finished.”
“After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want!”

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