Aaron Copland Quotes
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Whenever I have even a spare second, I'm in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies. I make a mean batch of chocolate chippers.
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I went to high school in Los Angeles, and I grew up riding horses, so that was kind of my life. I always wanted to act.
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Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.
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It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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Ugh - I wish I could just sit back and watch TV sometimes.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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This is going to sound pretentious and esoteric, but I truly mean it from the bottom of my heart. Acting has always been a spiritual journey for me. The very first project I ever acted on paralleled my experience so perfectly even before I was aware of it.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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I've always been a good imitator. I love music. But I'm just not that original.
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I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony.
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This music isn't Top 40, we really stand out from anyone.
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There are plenty of millionaires who would pay millions to hang a Van Gogh painting on the wall, but hardly one that would have ever had the crazy nut over for dinner. I feel like the big companies are like that with musicians. They'll say, 'We love music! It's all about the music!' - but if a musician shows up at the door, they call security.
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Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
