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- "Falsely conceived and rather clumsily executed crooked folklore and halfway opera. "
- "I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played. "
- "I don't go around regretting things that don't happen. "
- "I don't have to worry No matter what they do to it, it works. "
- "I let her alone and when she got that finished she left me alone. We ..."
- "I look at you and I write down what I hear. "
- "I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point ..."
- "I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as ..."
- "I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough ..."
- "I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing ..."
- "I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in ..."
- "In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and ..."
- "Let your mind alone, and see what happens. "
- "Musicians own music because music owns them. "
- "Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced ..."
- "The description and explanation is the best part of music reviewing. There is such a ..."
- "They look better than we do; they can wear all colors on stage. We're sort ..."
- "Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of ..."
- "You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it ..."


