Toru Takemitsu Music Quotes

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Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.

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I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense - about the sensuality of the mechanism of the universe... about life.

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Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.
I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense - about the sensuality of the mechanism of the universe... about life.

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Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.
I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense - about the sensuality of the mechanism of the universe... about life.

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