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Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, orperhaps of subconsciousness– I wouldn't know. But I amsure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.Aaron Copland
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To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.Aaron Copland
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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'.Aaron Copland
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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.Aaron Copland
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Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.Aaron Copland
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If a literary man puts together two words about music one of them will be wrong.Aaron Copland
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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.'Aaron Copland
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.Aaron Copland