Let people read, and let people dance; these two amusements will never do the world any harm.
Original (French): Laissez lire, et laissez danser; ces deux amusements ne feront jamais de mal au monde.
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Music is never about anything. Music just is. Music is notes, beautiful notes and sounds put together in such a way that we get pleasure out of listening to them, and that's all there is to it.
Leonard BernsteinYoung People's Concerts: 'What Does Music Mean?', CBS television, 18 January 1958