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Aaron Copland Quotes: So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
         

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.


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To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.



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The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music.



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The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It's useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy.



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If you want to know about the Sixties, play the music of The Beatles.



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Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.



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Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t.



A melody is not merely something you can hum.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.



Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"

Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"





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