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If one were asked to name one...

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 41 quotes

When I speak of the gifted li...

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.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

The main thing is to be satis...

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 41 quotes

You may feel depressed, but i...

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 41 quotes

Music that is born complex is...

Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Most people use music as a co...

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 41 quotes

You may be sitting in a room ...

You may be sitting in a room reading this book. Imagine one note struck upon the piano. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room - proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.

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You compose because you want ...

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 41 quotes

Someone once asked me... whet...

Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

I adore extravagance but I ab...

I adore extravagance but I abhor waste.

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Composers tend to assume that...

Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Listening to the Fifth Sympho...

Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

The whole problem can be stat...

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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For me, the most important th...

For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

You compose because you want ...

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 41 quotes

The whole problem can be stat...

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 41 quotes

Inspiration may be a form of ...

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.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

To stop the flow of music wou...

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

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

So long as the human spirit t...

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 41 quotes

A melody is not merely someth...

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

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