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Every composer's music reflec...

Every composer's music reflects in its subject-matter and in its style the source of the money the composer is living on while writing the music.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

Musicians own music because m...

Musicians own music because music owns them.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

I don't care what other criti...

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

In Paris, you learn wit, in L...

In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

I never learned to verbalize ...

I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

Reviewing music or reviewing ...

Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

Try a thing you haven't done ...

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

You explain how it went, and ...

You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

I said to my friends that if ...

I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

A libretto that should never ...

A libretto that should never have been accepted on a subject that should never have been chosen bya man who should never have attempted it.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

Verbal communication about mu...

Verbal communication about music is impossible except among musicians.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

I listened to the pure crysta...

I listened to the pure crystalline notes of one of Mozart's concertos dropping at my feet like leaves from the trees.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

The description and explanati...

The description and explanation is the best part of music reviewing. There is such a thing, and you know it too, as a gift for judgment. If you have it, you can say anything you like. If you haven't got it, you don't know you haven't got it.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

I seem to write an opera abou...

I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

Whatever deceptions life may ...

Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

I've never known a musician w...

I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Music itself is not going to let you down.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

Try a thing you haven't done t...

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

Let your mind alone, and see w...

Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

I don't care what other critic...

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

I said to my friends that if I...

I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.

Virgil Thomson 28 quotes

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