"Every composer's music reflects in its subject-matter and in its style the source of the money the composer is living on while writing the music."

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Source : Virgil Thomson (1984). “A Virgil Thomson reader”, Plume

Virgil Thomson

#Writing Quotes #Style Quotes #Matter Quotes

“People in pain donâ€™t always see things as clearly as they should”
“Growing up, I kind of adopted that mentality, going all out, being a warrior.”
“I travel with a bunch of battery packs because I don't always have time to charge my phone at the hotel room when I'm traveling. I always change them, so I never run out of battery.”
“Memories are perhaps the best gifts of all.”
“Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won't. Life goes on.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 14, 2011
“If I had a nervous breakdown every time something awful happened in the world, I'd be crazier than a shithouse rat.”
“There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

Source : TheWind in theWillows ch. 1 (1908)
“Near even a candle, the visible heat. So it is with a person in love.”

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