Aaron Copland Quotes
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Aaron Copland Quotes & Sayings
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But hindsight was no benefit to the ill-prepared.
— Andrea K. Host
Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No.
— Aaron Copland
Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn't.
— Aaron Copland
Mozart tapped the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breathtaking rightness.
— Aaron Copland
I don't compose. I assemble materials.
— Aaron Copland
The melody is generally what the piece is all about.
— Aaron Copland
Ladies and dogs," said Jeffrey, "we are about to perform 'Fanfare for the Uncommon Seal.' " "With apologies to Aaron Copland,
— Jeanne Birdsall
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
— Aaron Copland
Someone once asked me ... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"
— Aaron Copland
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
— Aaron Copland
I had no idea what I wanted, only that I wanted something, which is the worst kind of wanting.
— David Levithan
Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.
— Aaron Copland
A melody is not merely something you can hum.
— Aaron Copland
I don't know how our story will end, but I know how it will start.
— Michelle Hodkin
A great symphony is a man-made Mississippi down which we irresistibly flow from the instant of our leave-taking to a long forseen destination.
— Aaron Copland
The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It's useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy.
— Aaron Copland
I don't think I'm delusional, but I'm definitely a dreamer; I definitely want to see the best in things and I believe in what I do.
— Nina Nesbitt
I adore extravagance but I abhor waste.
— Aaron Copland
The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music.
— Aaron Copland
Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.
— Aaron Copland
In any disagreement, I believe both parties are 50% wrong. Taking responsibility for your part fixes most issues.
— L.R.W. Lee