If you want to know about the Sixties, play the music of The Beatles.
AARON COPLANDTo stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
More Aaron Copland Quotes
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When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
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If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach.
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I hope my recordings of my own works won’t inhibit other people’s performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn’t always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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I don’t compose. I assemble materials.
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The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking “Is there a meaning to music?” My answer would be, “Yes”, And “Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?” My answer to that would be “No.”
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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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Someone once asked me… whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: “Every day!”
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I adore extravagance but I abhor waste.
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This whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, “Is there a meaning to music?” My answer to that would be, “Yes.” And “Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?” My answer to that would be, “No.”
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Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t.
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Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific.
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A great symphony is a man-made Mississippi down which we irresistibly flow from the instant of our leave-taking to a long forseen destination.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music.
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