• Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific.

  Aaron Copland
  American composer and writer 1900-1990
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1. soporific
2. consoled
3. serious
4. living
5. never
6. meant

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Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific. by : Aaron Copland

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