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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
Don't ever let him near a microphone.
If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
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.... (more Aaron Copland quotes)
| Aaron Copland's America: A Cultural Perspective by Gail Levin, Judith Tick, and Heckscher Museum | |
| Aaron Copland (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) by Mike Venezia | |
| Music for the Common Man: Aaron Copland during the Depression and War by Elizabeth B. Crist |
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