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Aaron Copland Quotes

The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It’s useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy Picture Quote #1

The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music Picture Quote #1

I adore extravagance but I abhor waste Picture Quote #1

I don't compose. I assemble materials Picture Quote #1

If you want to know about the sixties, play the music of The Beatles Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The melody is generally what the piece is all about Picture Quote #1

Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t Picture Quote #1

There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and away from us and inside and part of us. In one sense it dwarfs us, and in another we master it Picture Quote #1

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable Picture Quote #1

If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... Some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No Picture Quote #1

The inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the other half listens and notates. The half that listens has better look the other way, had better simulate a half attention only, for the half that dictates is easily disgruntled and avenges itself for too close inspection by fading entirely away Picture Quote #1

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the non-musician 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 Picture Quote #1

Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple Picture Quote #1

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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! Picture Quote #1

The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It’s useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy Picture Quote #1

There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and away from us and inside and part of us. In one sense it dwarfs us, and in another we master it. We are led on and on, and yet in some strange way we never lose control Picture Quote #1

Aaron Copland was a man that had a very specific point of view about what music should be which was that, he felt that new music should have the composer should show a personality in his music Picture Quote #1

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The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It’s useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy. (Aaron Copland Quotes) The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music (Aaron Copland Quotes) I adore extravagance but I abhor waste (Aaron Copland Quotes) I don't compose. I assemble materials (Aaron Copland Quotes) If you want to know about the sixties, play the music of The Beatles (Aaron Copland Quotes) 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 Quotes) The melody is generally what the piece is all about (Aaron Copland Quotes) Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t (Aaron Copland Quotes) There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and away from us and inside and part of us. In one sense it dwarfs us, and in another we master it (Aaron Copland Quotes) To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable (Aaron Copland Quotes) If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong (Aaron Copland Quotes) 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 (Aaron Copland Quotes) You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... Some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today (Aaron Copland Quotes) 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 (Aaron Copland Quotes) Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No (Aaron Copland Quotes) The inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the other half listens and notates. The half that listens has better look the other way, had better simulate a half attention only, for the half that dictates is easily disgruntled and avenges itself for too close inspection by fading entirely away (Aaron Copland Quotes) When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the non-musician 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 (Aaron Copland Quotes) Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple (Aaron Copland Quotes) 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! (Aaron Copland Quotes) The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It’s useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy (Aaron Copland Quotes) There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and away from us and inside and part of us. In one sense it dwarfs us, and in another we master it. We are led on and on, and yet in some strange way we never lose control (Aaron Copland Quotes) Aaron Copland was a man that had a very specific point of view about what music should be which was that, he felt that new music should have the composer should show a personality in his music (Aaron Copland Quotes)