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Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness – I wouldn’t know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

Aaron Copland

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

Know Music Play Sixties The Beatles Want
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.”
AARON COPLAND

Answer Jazz Music Problem Quite Simply State
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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Audience Happy Satisfied Useless
Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness – I wouldn’t know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
AARON COPLAND

Art Inspirational Perhaps Self Subconscious Super
I adore extravagance but I abhor waste.
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Abhor Adore Extravagance Waste
The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music.
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Great Human May Moment Spirit
The melody is generally what the piece is all about.
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Generally Melody Piece
You may feel depressed, but it can’t be so depressing that you can’t move. No, I would say that people create in moments when they are elated about expressing their depression!
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Depress Depressing Express Feel Moving People
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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Gift Listener Listening Music Primarily Thinking
Mozart tapped the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breathtaking rightness.
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Breathtaking Express Flow Mozart Source Spontaneity Tap
Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.
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Born Complex Inherently Musical Simple
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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Brutal Fact People Want Recording Work
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.
AARON COPLAND

Ask Compose Flaw Human Musician Name
Someone once asked me… whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: “Every day!”
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Answer Everyday Inspiration Life Once Positive
Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t.
AARON COPLAND

Assuming Enough Love Music Surprise Tend
I don’t compose. I assemble materials.
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Assemble Compose Material

Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness – I wouldn’t know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

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