Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes. - 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
Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self- consciousness. - Aaron Copland
Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, orperhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn't know. But I amsure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness. - Aaron Copland
If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong. - Aaron Copland
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. - Aaron Copland