Category Archives: Quotes

This one hurts

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

“The music is played with the heart and is felt with the soul” This is a picture of a Brazilian kid who was part of the “cultural group of reggae”, playing his instrument in the funeral of his mentor who … Continue reading →

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A strange art, music;

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

“…A strange art, music; the most poetic and precise of all the arts, vague as a dream and exact as algebra.” ~Guy de Maupassant (French writer, 1850-1893) _____________________________________________________________________________ Image:  The interior of Hallgrímskirkja church, Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo and more text … Continue reading →

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… and don’t blame the page-turner

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

“What is it to be musical? You will not be so, if your eyes are fixed on the notes with anxiety and you play your piece laboriously through; you will not be so if, supposing that someone should turn over … Continue reading →

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Finally, colors dominate your sounds

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

“At a young age, when you are playing something in the early stages of your life, you are striving to be up toward the unattainable perfection, mainly based on the musical laws and regulations. Later on, you start being interested … Continue reading →

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It is cruel that music should be so beautiful

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

“It is cruel, you know, that music, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting … Continue reading →

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Undisciplined. Irreverent. Original.

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

I suppose we could take issue with the word and idea of “undisciplined” here – but let’s go for the spirit of the thing! ____________________________________________________________ Quote: Richard Feynman via wroat

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It’s okay to not love Beethoven

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Tchaikovsky didn’t. He adored Mozart. And considered Bach, Handel, Gluck and Haydn mere forerunners to Mozart. From his diaries (1886):  “… I shall start with Beethoven, whom it is usual to praise unconditionally and whom it is commanded to worship … Continue reading →

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An unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

“I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats … Living in a cave, I am almost a hermit, but there is a difference, for I have a mistress. … Continue reading →

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“Where the body goes, the spirit follows”

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

“If you want to (play), plant your backside in front of the (piano). Don’t get up from the (bench), no matter how many brilliantly-plausible reasons your Resistance-churning brain presents to you. Sooner or later your fingers will settle onto the keys. … Continue reading →

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Language is unable to explain music

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

“No matter how painfully exact music might be notated nor how carefully protected from double meanings by indications of tempi, dynamics, phrases, accents, etc., it always contains hidden elements which cannot be clearly defined, for language is unable to explain … Continue reading →

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You know your relationship is in trouble when …

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

  ________________________________________________________________ Image: Madame Scherzo. Thank you, David, for your continued contributions to this blog.

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It is a world … of delicious fantasy.

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

“The world of the arts is by no means always comfortable, but neither is it likely ever to be boring. It is full of surprises, humor, traps for the unwary, and challenges to smugness. It is a world of moods … Continue reading →

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