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Falsely conceived and rather clumsily executed crooked folklore and ha...  
I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.  
I don't go around regretting things that don't happen.  
I don't have to worry No matter what they do to it, it works.  
I let her alone and when she got that finished she left me alone. We t...  
I look at you and I write down what I hear.  
I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you...  
I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well st...  
I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough...  
I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons si...  
I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptio...  
In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social riva...  
Let your mind alone, and see what happens.  
Musicians own music because music owns them.  
Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if y...  
The description and explanation is the best part of music reviewing. T...  
They look better than we do; they can wear all colors on stage. We're ...  
Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear o...  
You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got t...