"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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Source : What to Listen for in Music (1939) ch. 2

Aaron Copland

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“I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.”
“Just being in a room with myself is almost more stimulation than I can bear.”
“I think deep down, this planet yearns for the days of the British Empire again. They long once more to be treated that badly, that politely. We did far worse things than you can possibly dream of, but we did it with that certainly gentlemanly swagger... Dreadfully sorry, but we seem to have crushed your entire continent's infrastructure. Allow me to make it up to you by offering you a job 4,000 miles away. No, no, I insist.”
“The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third.”

Source : Gale Sayers, Al Silverman (1972). “I Am Third”
“Gender has always been considered a fact immutable. But we now know it's actually more fluid, complex, and mysterious. Because of my success, I never have the courage to share my story. Not because I thought what I am is wrong but because of how the world treats those of us who wish to break free.”

Source : "Why I must come out". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2014.
“Hollywood's like Egypt, full of crumbled pyramids. It'll never come back. It'll just keep on crumbling until finally the wind blows the last studio prop across the sands.”
“Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel that my life has meaning. Perhaps I should feel insignificant, but instead I feel a soaring in my heart that the God who could create all this â€” and out of nothing â€” can still count the hairs of my head.”
“When you see something that's so excellent it can be intimidating to walk into it no matter how many people you know.”

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