Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.
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Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.
I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.
One has to draw upon one's own musical thoughts and one's own musical acumen, and not to be afraid to let that come into one's work. Perhaps that comes with more experience, but perhaps it also comes with daring, and believing that you should.
If we want to live freely and privately in the interconnected world of the twenty-first century - and surely we do - perhaps above all we need a revival of the small-town civility of the nineteenth century. Manners, not devices: sometimes it's just better not to ask, and better not to look.
'What is this', and 'How is this done?' are the first two questions to ask of any work of art. The second question immediately illuminates the first, but it often doesn't get asked. Perhaps it sounds too technical. Perhaps it sounds pedestrian.
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