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Small: Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationshi
"Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside"
Brian Ferneyhough, Composer
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Small: Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy
"Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy"
Franz Schubert, Composer
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Small: One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect
"One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past"
George Crumb, Composer
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Small: Some months ago, while I was preparing a new work, I told a young cinema executive my intention of including i
Maurice Jarre
"Some months ago, while I was preparing a new work, I told a young cinema executive my intention of including in a soundtrack two themes from Bach. But when he asked me which has been the last hit from that Bach?, then I knew that I had no longer place in cinema"
Maurice Jarre, Composer
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Small: I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer
"I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer"
Richard Strauss, Composer
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Small: When I came back I had to realize that IC was not in a very good shape - all the much money that we had becaus
Klaus Schulze
"When I came back I had to realize that IC was not in a very good shape - all the much money that we had because of the huge Ideal success, was gone. I was very upset"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers
Klaus Schulze
"Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: I never had many problems to do my music and to give it to a record company. Rarely do they try to argue with
Klaus Schulze
"I never had many problems to do my music and to give it to a record company. Rarely do they try to argue with me about my music, probably because it's still too far-out"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: I had to realize that the use of samples has its rules, too
Klaus Schulze
"I had to realize that the use of samples has its rules, too"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and
Klaus Schulze
"Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: As always in a musical collaboration: One has to like each other. As simple as that
Klaus Schulze
"As always in a musical collaboration: One has to like each other. As simple as that"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: A concert is a concert is a concert is a concert. An album is an album is an album is an album. Musically, bot
Klaus Schulze
"A concert is a concert is a concert is a concert. An album is an album is an album is an album. Musically, both have nothing in common"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for startin
Igor Stravinsky
"The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn
Igor Stravinsky
"Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Yes, I was invited to make the sound environment at a booth of a huge electronic company, during the Hanover I
Klaus Schulze
"Yes, I was invited to make the sound environment at a booth of a huge electronic company, during the Hanover Industrial Fair in 1973. It was a job. Slightly good paid. But not as much as my producer then told the press"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: I did not start IC and Inteam to have control over my music. I had control before and after
Klaus Schulze
"I did not start IC and Inteam to have control over my music. I had control before and after"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: How did this or that change my music? The only time I have to think about it is when an interviewer asks me th
Klaus Schulze
"How did this or that change my music? The only time I have to think about it is when an interviewer asks me that"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: As everyone else, I was a fan of Pink Floyd in the sixties
Klaus Schulze
"As everyone else, I was a fan of Pink Floyd in the sixties"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I dont like, its always by Villa-Lobos?
Igor Stravinsky
"Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, th
Igor Stravinsky
"Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginni
Igor Stravinsky
"Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
Igor Stravinsky
"Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal
Igor Stravinsky
"Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is
"Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is"
Malcolm Arnold, Composer
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Small: I listened to the rock music of that time, but as you know and can easily hear: my music of that era had nothi
Klaus Schulze
"I listened to the rock music of that time, but as you know and can easily hear: my music of that era had nothing to do with the common music of this era. I was experimenting, I was searching for something new"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: My music is best understood by children and animals
Igor Stravinsky
"My music is best understood by children and animals"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Yes, sampling has changed not just my way of playing and composing
Klaus Schulze
"Yes, sampling has changed not just my way of playing and composing"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: Yes, Im a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less
Klaus Schulze
"Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: The problem was the journalists who also did not understand much of my music, but they wrote about it.
Klaus Schulze
"The problem was the journalists who also did not understand much of my music, but they wrote about it. I think you fell into the usual trap laid out by parts of the press and other writers: that the poor musician has always to fight the evil companies and managers"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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Small: Most of todays music is done electronically
Klaus Schulze
"Most of today's music is done electronically"
Klaus Schulze, Composer
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