If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach.
Aaron CoplandThis whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, โIs there a meaning to music?โ My answer to that would be, โYes.โ And โCan you state in so many words what the meaning is?โ My answer to that would be, โNo.โ
Aaron CoplandThe inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the other half listens and notates. The half that listens has better look the other way, had better simulate a half attention only, for the half that dictates is easily disgruntled and avenges itself for too close inspection by fading entirely away.
Aaron CoplandA great symphony is a man-made Mississippi down which we irresistibly flow from the instant of our leave-taking to a long forseen destination.
Aaron Copland