I seem to write an opera about every 20 years if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.
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Falsely conceived and rather clumsily executed . . . crooked folklore and halfway opera.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.
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Let your mind alone, and see what happens.
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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.
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I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.
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I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing musical virtue in distress.
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