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Composer Quotes by George Gershwin
- The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else than a matter…
- Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.
- All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique.
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