Language Quote by Eyvind Kang

“I don't like to treat words and sounds like objects. You have to penetrate deeply into their meaning.”

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There is some music that's truly dark, in that it's dark in terms of hopeless. But then again, the act of hope is just…

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Listening is active. It's like vision. It's like the idea of the eye projecting light, which I've heard is what children and infants say…

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I love the pleasure of finding the same truth in two different places. It has a lot to do with a soul.

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There is no guiding principle, because the work that is created in collaborations should be created from its own principles.

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The most appealing part is the feeling of learning something true - the pleasure of a truth. For me, that's mostly found in philosophical…

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I believe that music should be grown on trees, to be plucked like a fruit without the extravagance of harvest.

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Water is the most purifying element. It's always involved in baptisms, healings, that kind of work.

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Our individual consciousness is actually part of a larger system. There are many levels of consciousness, and the creativity used in composing the music…

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When you sit with people and you can hear what they're hearing, that's quite interesting.

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I think the question of actually relating emotion to music is totally interesting. I believe that it is really important on some level, but…

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What happens in our consciousness and minds and bodies is also happening on earth. The more we pollute the earth, for example, the sicker…

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All these emotions are coming from one thing - sound. It's not coming from your experiences in life, your childhood. It's related to those…

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