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"If you force yourself to write away from the piano, you come up with more inventive things. If you'r..." — Stephen Sondheim
If you force yourself to write away from the piano, you come up with more inventive things. If you're too good a piano player, as some composers are, the music may become flavorless and glib. And if you're not a very good pianist, you're limited to the same patterns.
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