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		If you have a piece by Bach, he often develops the piece to such a high level that you can hardly do much more to it. But Saint-Luc wrote very simple baroque music, and so if you do not embellish it, it just falls apart. It's way too simple.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Russell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Any time you can give consumers more of what they want, it's a good thing. Unbundling the album is a good thing. In the case of music - because it is content that you can slice into songs - doing that is of huge benefit to consumers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edgar Bronfman, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We want our students to graduate from high school, but we want them to graduate with a plan, whether it's college or career. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Brown 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Time and time again, truly basic studies of simple experimental organisms have proved directly relevant to human biology and human disease. An investment in such basic studies is an effective investment indeed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				H. Robert Horvitz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my relationship with a young guy I was going with in a band - his name was Sylvester, and I think he had another little girl on the side - I told him, 'If you lose me, you're going to lose a good thing.' And I went home and put that poem to music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Lynn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victoria Azarenka 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fabrizio Moreira 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kaskade 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rafael Vinoly 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I sat in the green room at Radio City Music Hall for the 2006 NFL Draft. At my table, I was encircled by my parents, brother, agent, former coaches and close friends. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				D'Brickashaw Ferguson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ziggy Marley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Music is the best means we have of digesting time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				W. H. Auden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The type of music we know as classical music began with rich people hiring musicians or owning them in a way. Without funding, it's very hard to have this experience. Be it state money or private money, there has to be someone dedicated to raising the money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gael Garcia Bernal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Damian Marley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barry Diller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think music should be experienced by people all ages. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchestra or a symphony, all those bows moving at the same time... wow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Isaac Hayes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bebe Rexha