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Quote by Samuel Butler
Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instin

Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. – Samuel Butler

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Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. – Samuel Butler

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Death
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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. – Samuel Butler

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Music
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So theres no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesnt necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesnt necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame. – David Byrne

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Musicians dont retire they stop when theres no more music in them. – Louis Armstrong

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

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Composers shouldnt think too much – it interferes with their plagiarism. – Howard Dietz

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