Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?
“Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?”
— Igor Stravinsky · Hear
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Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?
“Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?”
— Igor Stravinsky · Hear
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“Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?”
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“What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.”
“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.”
“The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.”
“My kids listen to everything because I listen to everything, so it's not far-fetched to hear them playing Metallica and then playing A Tribe Called Quest or N.W.A.”
“People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.”
“I don't understand some of the music I hear on MTV or the radio, because they don't mention the times we live in. They have nothing to do with nothing.”
“A lot of people are shocked when they hear that I played a 14-year-old.”
“When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.”
“I get inspiration from literally everything and anything. I take inspiration from people, relationships, stories, and I take inspiration from movies I see, books I read and songs I hear.”