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Well, in Japan, I have got a group of musicians that I have worked with a lot, that concentrate just on the…
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When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not…
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The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive
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You can't be idealistic in this world and not be crazy
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I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way
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Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they…
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That is a lot of the reason I do what I do, to really spread the word and spread information and turn…
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If you can make art with sound, can't you make music with objects?
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I’m constantly in doubt about what I’m doing, I’m constantly tortured, and that’s why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for…
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It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.
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I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.
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Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.
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You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.
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I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that…
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