The texts he chose for his songs and his 'Essays Before a Sonata' will give you some
choice nuggets of his (verbal and political) thinking. A professor of mine once accused
him of jingoism, and then there's the famous quotation about people with 'sissy' ears who
can't stand modern music... But he also had quite a sentimental streak, and a mystical
streak, and probably many other streaks - he was as complex as the next guy.
--- Donald Shepherd <donshep@nauticom.net> wrote:
>
> It ain't so. He was an insurance executive. Also, he is not Burl Ives.
> For all the relevant truth about his work, listen to his work.
>
> Don
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