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Music trains the mind, like mathematics, or logic, to precision of mind.
Friends share music with each other, they don't allow themselves to be divided by a system that says that nobody is supposed to have copies.
If she but smile, the crystal calm shall break
In music, sweeter than it ever gave,
As when a breeze breathes o'er some sleeping lake,
And laughs in every wave.
Understanding music simply means not being irritated or puzzled by it.
Charles Rosen The Frontiers of Meaning: Three Informal Lectures on Music (1994)
A single note from the lute, however beautiful, is not music.
In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.
Music is like magic: there's a certain feeling you get when you're real and you spit and people are feelin' your shit
Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.
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