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“Many of us can maybe sometimes imagine sounds, or have some musical ideas. But to have them consistenly building whole works, and to have…

— Christian Tetzlaff

That was my first love growing up - classical orchestral music, especially Impressionism.

— Butch Trucks

You still had to find the music inside your language. You know, it was - that's a big part of what sort of moved…

— Bruce Springsteen

I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music…

— Henry Flynt

I wrote 'Triumphant Heart' and it made me feel triumphant.

— Jason Becker

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric.

— James Broughton

I became fascinated by the fact that you could translate written material into performance.

— Raymond Cruz

During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more…

— John Coltrane

“At first he had appreciated only the material quality of the sounds which those instruments secreted. And it had been a source of keen…

— Marcel Proust

“His spirit was warped by bitter vindictiveness and puerile self-commiseration, and he spent his days in scorn of the labour that brought him bread…

— Willa Cather

“My hands moved up and down the keyboard, summoning great waves of music, each one crested with sorrow, loneliness, and anger. Tides of emotion…

— Sarah Beard

My deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me...the joy I receive in creating my music.

— Michael Jackson