They never said you can't do it because you're a woman, so it never occurred to me that I couldn't do it" But she says things are starting to look better for women composers.

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It occurred to me here I could take that theme and turn it upside down against itself and it would work.

我突然发现,我能把这个主旋律颠倒过来并合在一起,还挺行得通的

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It occurred to me it'd be a great magic trick if I then appeared in back.

如果我突然在后排出现,那就是非常精彩的魔术了

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