Sometimes the picture that emerges of the man seems no longer to agree with our conception of the musician. In reality, however, there is a glorious unity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.
The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
The greatness of a musician is measured by the degree of fanaticism he brings to his playing.
As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything.
History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals. We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our artists possess.
Today each composer is not only involved in aesthetics, but he's actually trying to create his own language.
I love the power of the musician who composes and performs. I envy their ability to put a nugget of truth in three minutes of sweat and emotional outpouring, colored entirely from their thoughts.
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of ruining poetry.
I consider myself a composer.
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