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"The public may actually be endangered more by banning less deadly weapons, handguns and "assault weapons"... criminals have indicated they would substitute more deadly weapons (e.g. shotguns and rifles, which can be easily made concealable by using a hacksaw...), rather than less deadly weapons." — Edgar A. Suter

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Aaron Copland Quotes

Type: Composer | Date of Birth: 1900-11-14 | Year of Death: 1990 | Nationality: American

Don't ever let him near a microphone.
Aaron Copland

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
Aaron Copland

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
Aaron Copland

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes." And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, "No."
Aaron Copland

There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and away from us and inside and part of us. In one sense it dwarfs us, and in another we master it. We are led on and on, and yet in some strange way we never lose control.
Aaron Copland

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
Aaron Copland

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
Aaron Copland