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The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance; that poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music; but this must not be taken as implying that all good music is dance music or all poetry lyric. Bach and Mozart are never too far from physical movement.

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.

I listened, motionless and still;And, as I mounted up the hill,The music in my heart I bore,Long after it was heard no more.

Rock 'n Roll is monotony tinged with hysteria.

I know only two tunes. One them is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't.

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says I want to do this song of yours because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.

It was called the Backstreet Market, and it was just like a local hangout. That was where the kids would drive their cars, hang out with their convertibles and listen to music. That's how we got Backstreet. We put Boys on it, because no matter how old we get, we'll always be boys.

the blackberry bees reorchestrate their chant.

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.