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title: "7 Claude Debussy Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [When I was younger, I used to do that a lot: I would hear a part of a song that would really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-krule/when-i-was-younger-i-used-to-do-that-a-lot-i-would-hear-a-part-of-a/)

[King Krule](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-krule/)

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> [Claude Debussy defined the guitar as an expressive harpsicord. I believe that is the best definition ever given of the Spanish guitar.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joaquin-rodrigo/claude-debussy-defined-the-guitar-as-an-expressive-harpsicord-i/)

[Joaquin Rodrigo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joaquin-rodrigo/)

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> [I think you can move to everything, but with some music you just want to sit still. Like Claude Debussy - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-murphy/i-think-you-can-move-to-everything-but-with-some-music-you-just-want-2/)

[Nick Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-murphy/)

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> [When Claude Debussy studied at the Paris Conservatory from age ten to age twenty-two, many considered him a rebel because of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/when-claude-debussy-studied-at-the-paris-conservatory-from-age-ten-to/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

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> [When I was growing up, until I was 18 or 19, I was totally invested in the classical music world. I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-stelmanis/when-i-was-growing-up-until-i-was-18-or-19-i-was-totally-invested-in/)

[Katie Stelmanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-stelmanis/)

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> [Some people wish above all to conform to the rules,wish only to render what I can here.There is no theory you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mrthrill/some-people-wish-above-all-to-conform-to-the-rules-wish-only-to/)

[Mrthrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mrthrill/)

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> [Claude Debussy was a rare phenomenon a composer profoundly and subversively revolutionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/claude-debussy-was-a-rare-phenomenon-a-composer-profoundly-and/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

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