“Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Understanding music simply means not being irritated or puzzled by it.”
Source: The Frontiers of Meaning: Three Informal Lectures on Music (1994), Ch. 1 : The Frontiers of Nonsense
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Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Essere un produttore musicale è una missione. Non vuol dire creare musica per stare al passo con i tempi, ma ideare canzoni per trasmettere emozioni.
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