If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.

Aaron Copland
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  1. 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.

  2. To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

  3. 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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