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Luigi Cappel's avatar

When I was a kid I used to read about tortured composers. I don't think any of them felt they needed to feel tortured in order to be good. I doubt they even thought about it. They just lived this thing called life, and maybe the music was cathartic. I wonder of these days we think too much. As to the gig, I used to have arguments with my old man. He was an amazing artist. He had this ethic that I didn't really understand until after he died a couple of years ago. He never had much money because he wanted everyone to be able to afford his work, if they liked it. I agreed, but I also said, why don't you paint pictures of wealthy people's boats or do corporate art. They can afford it. He said no, because it isn't art. Then don't think of it as art, I said. Think of it as a skill, as a job, something you can do that gives pleasure to people.

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Alison Acheson's avatar

Very good, yes. Thank you again.

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