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Old 05-13-2003, 02:41 AM  
TheFLY
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Maybe Beethoven's brain found ears obsolete...?

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"How can I, a musician, say to people 'I am deaf!'? I shall, if I can, defy this fate, even though there will be times when I shall be the unhappiest of God's creatures ... I live only in music ... frequently working on three or four pieces simultaneously".

His mind was so immersed in music -- his ears deprecated sound!
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