“Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.”
Calvin Trillin (1935) American journalist
“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”
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Context: There is a wonderful old Chinese proverb that I love, "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving". I think about my personal approach to musical projects much like a travel writer might approach the preparation for a book. You latch on to a certain theme or historical event and follow that into the unknown, while, at the same time, expanding on those themes.
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