Quote by Ezra Pound
Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance...

Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance… poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music. – Ezra Pound

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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. – Ezra Pound

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The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. – Ezra Pound

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Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. – Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard, Comments of Abe Martin and His Neighbors, 1923

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Music is an outburst of the soul. – Frederick Delius

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What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They dont even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they dont like it. – Billie Joe Armstrong

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Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once. – Robert Browning

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