I don't go to concerts much. I've heard everything. When I do go to movies, I walk out half the time. As for literature, I've read everything.
If music could be translated into human speech, it would no longer need to exist.
Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.
composition is notation of distortion of what composers think they've heard before. Masterpieces are marvelous misquotations.
There are no fascinating people, only their works are fascinating.
If you read reviews of concerts, the word 'creative' comes up all the time. However, performers playing music usually aren't creative. Critics might say they are, but they're just playing another persons work. They didn't create it.