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David Bowie Answers the Famous Proust Questionnaire
David Bowie Answers the Famous Proust Questionnaire

“Q: What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? A: Living in fear.”

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Legendary Songwriter Carole King on Inspiration vs. Perspiration and How to Overcome Creative Block
Legendary Songwriter Carole King on Inspiration vs. Perspiration and How to Overcome Creative Block

“Once the inspiration comes, that directs where the perspiration goes.”

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A Lesson in Listening from John Cage
A Lesson in Listening from John Cage

A simple and beautiful reminder that we only hear what we listen to.

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Pete Seeger on Combinatorial Creativity, Originality, Equality, and the Art of Dot-Connecting
Pete Seeger on Combinatorial Creativity, Originality, Equality, and the Art of Dot-Connecting

“All of us, we’re links in a chain. And if we do our job right, there will be many, many links to come.”

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David Bowie Narrates the Pioneering Soviet Children’s Symphony “Peter and the Wolf”
David Bowie Narrates the Pioneering Soviet Children’s Symphony “Peter and the Wolf”

How the clarinet cat and the oboe duck lifted the Iron Curtain for a magical performance.

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