23 Quotes by Jean Sibelius
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For me, music begins where words end.
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The framework of a symphony must be so strong that it forces you to follow it, regardless of the environment and circumstances.
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Millions of years ago, in my previous incarnations, I must have been related to swans... because I can still feel that affinity.
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All the doctors who wanted to forbid me to smoke and to drink are dead,
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Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public pure cold water.
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If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.
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Musicians talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art
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Music is on a higher plane than everything else in this world.
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I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.
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