I look at you and I write down what I hear.
More Quotes from Virgil Thomson:
Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.Virgil Thomson
The description and explanation is the best part of music reviewing. There is such a thing, and you know it too, as a gift for judgment. If you have it, you can say anything you like. If you haven't got it, you don't know you haven't got it.
Virgil Thomson
You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.
Virgil Thomson
Musicians own music because music owns them.
Virgil Thomson
I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.
Virgil Thomson
Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing.
Virgil Thomson
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