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- Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. — Samuel Butler
- They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do. — Lyndon B. Johnson
- If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life. — Richard Russo
- Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content. — Michael Tilson Thomas
- Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director. — Michael Tilson Thomas
- I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that's associated with some particular defining moment in human experience. — Michael Tilson Thomas