Carolina QuotesMusic is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Interview in Time magazine (December 1957)
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- interview
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- 1957
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“Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; …” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9CB46F339D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9cb46f339d
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