It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture."
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If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.
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When we separate music from life we get art.
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I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
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I have nothing to say And I am saying it And that is poetry
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