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What that book does for me is give me the tools in the same way that I had the tools when I learned the regular scales o
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"What that book does for me is give me the tools in the same way that I had the tools when I learned the regular scales or the alphabet. If you give me the tools, the syntax, and the grammar, it still doesn't tell me how to write Ulysses"

- David Baker

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This quote by David Baker speaks with the power of books and the tools they can supply. He is saying that books can offer the exact same kind of tools that he had when he learned the regular scales or the alphabet. He is highlighting that having the tools does not always suggest that one can use them to produce something great. He is stating that having the syntax and grammar of a language does not imply that one can compose something as excellent as Ulysses. He is stressing that books can provide the tools, however it depends on the private to use those tools to produce something great. He is stating that books can provide the tools, but it depends on the specific to utilize those tools to develop something great. He is highlighting that having the tools does not always mean that one can use them to create something terrific. He is stating that having the syntax and grammar of a language does not imply that a person can compose something as great as Ulysses. He is stressing the importance of creativity and effort in order to develop something excellent.

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David Baker This quote is written / told by David Baker somewhere between December 21, 1931 and today. He was a famous Composer from USA. The author also have 9 other quotes.

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