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Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.
It's important for a young black kid to see a Mexican hero, just to know that we're all equal.
The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead.
When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.
a college education I would never propose - a bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes
I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act.
I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas; I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.
The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.
So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.
The songs I had are withered Or vanished clean. Yet there are bright tracks Where I have been.
I leave everyone to have their own opinions of my music and my influence - or not - on others.
I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer.
If negativity starts to cloud your thoughts, get on your hands & knees and pull out the weeds.
Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent.
Our business in living is to become fluent with the life we are living, and art can help this.
Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe style mandolin than the Father of Bluegrass himself.
Each record in the 'Book of Angels' series is meant to be unique in terms of the compositions.
My heart was a desert You planted a seed And this is the flower This hour of sweet fulfillment
It would be nice to hear someone accidentally whistle something of mine, somewhere, just once.
Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started.
If I'm within reach and can be helpful, I have a tendency to say 'Yes.' It's hard to say 'No.'
Intelligence is silence, truth is being invisible. But what a racket I make in declaring this.
If you don't know why you like a thing, it is usually worth your while to attempt to find out.
I'd rather be this walking metamorphosis than having that old formed opinion about everything.
The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.
Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me.
Any moment, big or small, Is a moment, after all. Seize the moment, skies may fall Any moment.
The Tonys ignored West Side Story. The Tonys ignored Gypsy. It's a kind of public humiliation.
When the song is part of the action and working as dialogue, even two minutes is way too long.
One of my interests in music has always been what it means, why it affects us the way it does.
Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.
You can never tell what's in a woman's mind, And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o' tryin
It's the ownership of what's off that's the beauty in art. Its not about being exactly perfect.
I am a composer in search of oblivion; and I'm always slightly ashamed to admit that I compose.
I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last 10 years.
I decided I would rather have a day job and love music than to play music that made me hate it.
crawling about the floor like half-dead November flies is one thing, and dancing reels another.
I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.
Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland
Some people say 'flutist.' Others say 'flautist.' I just say 'flute player.' That's what I was.
Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.
I have never relied on anyone else for money since I graduated, and that made me feel grown up.
Ceaseless work, analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my secret.
We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.
Leaving Verses Poems Quotes To say goodbye Isn't a pain Unless you're never going...! (Tee hee)
One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'
When I think of my God, my heart dances within me for joy, and then my music has to dance, too.