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...He realized in later years that this is how he thought about music: that it wasn't merely OK to mix classical and popular forms, as Haydn and Mahler had done, but that doing so might bring extra life to both genres. Moreover, he said, "It was the only way that I could integrate the various influences that have made me who I am, not looking at it as conflict but as a curious kind of harmony among themselves. It's the juxtaposition that creates the energy."