• 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
  American composer and writer 1900-1990
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. problem
2. meaning
3. simply
4. asking
5. answer
6. music

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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.' by : Aaron Copland

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