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Famous Virgil Thomson Quotes
Source: A Virgil Thomson reader
“Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.”
“Verbal communication about music is impossible except among musicians.”
Source: The State of Music: A Library of America E-Book Classic
“I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.”
Source: A Virgil Thomson reader
“I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Music itself is not going to let you down.”
Source: A Virgil Thomson reader
“You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.”
“I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.”