#music

Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche. ↗

— George Crumb

#arise #composers #deeper #discussions #i

I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics. ↗

— George Crumb

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In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music. ↗

— George Crumb

#broader #find #inevitably #insects #large

It is easy to write unthinking music. ↗

— George Crumb

#music #unthinking #write

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past. ↗

— George Crumb

#contemporary #culture #degree #extension #geographical

Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature. ↗

— George Crumb

#being #could #idea #into #light

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music. ↗

— George Crumb

#development #idioms #instrumental #music #new

But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time. ↗

— Ice Cube

#artists #bringing #city #energy #everywhere

Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music. ↗

— Iris Dement

#feel #hear #honest #making #making money

Music, not sex, got me aroused. ↗

— Marvin Gaye

#got #me #music #sex