"Fame and fortune as an oboe player lay on no discernible horizon, and it soon became clear that would have to take a day job as well."
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"To start with, the 'classical music' to people refer to when they use the term is old music, music that was written at least 50 and more often at least a hundred years ago."
Page 31

"Much of pop music depends on arranging and orchestration - things which are often difficult to teach."
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"I was sheep among wolves, and didn't even realize it."
Page 48

"John was a fanatically hard worker, but that could have some funny consequences."
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"Unlike the synthesizer, no human voice is ever perfectly in tune."
Page 68

"In real life, we have two ears, not one; so you really ought to have two microphones."
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"At the start, I was like a master with his pupils, and they...