Virgil Thomson

I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

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I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

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Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

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Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

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In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise.

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Every composer's music reflects in its subject-matter and in its style the source of the money the composer is living on while writing the music.

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Quotes by Virgil Thomson