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Quote by Michael Tippett
I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and mod

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being. – Michael Tippett

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Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading. – Michael Tippett

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Imagination
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Michael Tippett
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My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical. – Michael Tippett

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Imagination
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Michael Tippett
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Music
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I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid. – Philip Seymour Hoffman

Category:
Music

Music fathoms the sky. – Charles Baudelaire

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Music

Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion – very powerful emotions. Thats what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and – people identify with that. – Annie Lennox

Category:
Music

Theres something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. Theres something that invites all this obsessive behavior. – David Byrne

Category:
Music

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