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“If you don't know what to do, there's actually a chance of doing something new.”
― Words Without Music: A Memoir
― Words Without Music: A Memoir
“If you don’t know what to do, there’s actually a chance of doing something new. As long as you know what you’re doing, nothing much of interest is going to happen.”
― Words Without Music: A Memoir
― Words Without Music: A Memoir
“Music was no longer a metaphor for the real world somewhere out there. It was becoming the opposite. The “out there” stuff was the metaphor and the real part was, and is to this day, the music.”
― Words Without Music: A Memoir
― Words Without Music: A Memoir
“The point was that the world of music—its language, beauty, and mystery—was already urging itself on me. Some shift had already begun. Music was no longer a metaphor for the real world somewhere out there. It was becoming the opposite. The “out there” stuff was the metaphor and the real part was, and is to this day, the music.”
― Words Without Music: A Memoir
― Words Without Music: A Memoir
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