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tshaddox ◴[] No.45116829[source]
> Thelonious Monk once said “All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians“.

I haven’t heard that one. I think I prefer this one, attributed to Leibniz:

“Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.”

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1. ryandvm ◴[] No.45117428[source]
"Music is math for people that don't like numbers"

-- some movie I don't recall