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Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour.

I have learned that any fool can write a bad ad, but that it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.

'Vagabond' is about owning where I come from, understanding the real power music had to transport myself with, whether that's busking in Europe or getting number ones.

I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

The best scheme of Phonetics is a stiff uncertain thing.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.