"We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more advanced. Does cultural development represent a real advance in human sensitivity, or is it chiefly a diversion for elites and a weapon of class exploitation?"

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Source : John Blacking (1974). “How Musical is Man?”, p.4, University of Washington Press

John Blacking

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“Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.”
“Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.”
“Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present.”
“The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.”
“O month when they who love must love and wed.”
“To solicit the aid of luck is like stirring muddy water to bring objects submerged at the bottom to the top where they can be seen. Every worker would to well to tempt their good luck. Nevertheless, we should not depend on it too much.”
“The town I came from really had one industry, and that was furniture.”
“Do not remove the kinks from your hair--remove them from your brain.”

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