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Quote by Igor Stravinsky
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a

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. – Igor Stravinsky

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I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity. – Igor Stravinsky

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Truth
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Conductors careers are made for the most part with Romantic music. Classic music eliminates the conductor we do not remember him in it. – Igor Stravinsky

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Romantic
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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. – Igor Stravinsky

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Knowledge
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Music is the emotional life of most people. – Leonard Cohen

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Ive rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert. – David Byrne

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Adam does most of the work when it comes to videos and he basically does the same as I do with the lyrics. The videos are his visual interpretations of our music. – Maynard James Keenan

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Music is the career Im lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions. – Layne Staley

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I look forward to the future – and going into the studio to make new music. – Diana Ross

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