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Quote by Charles Ives
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A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens… if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly… to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it? – Charles Ives

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But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense. – Charles Ives

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Hope
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Charles Ives
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There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life. – Charles Ives

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Experience
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A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the days unity. – Charles Ives

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Experience
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If I hadnt of had music in my life, its quite possible Id be dead and Id much rather be alive. – James Hetfield

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For me, great music doesnt just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music. – Taylor Swift

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I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape. – Thom Yorke

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I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parents house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up. – Lady Gaga

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Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs. – Thomas Wolfe

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