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The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.
Not only them...you've also had Young Hudson mouths to fill You could have had a thriving business But you forgot to present the bill
At 50, you probably get muddled? I'm the same, that's how I know? If you ever get lost, don't worry? Just change where you want to go
It's clear your marriage is a happy one Your love is solid to the core May the years ahead be happy ones Each one happier than before
When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way.
Deep Purple is a damn good band and we've made a niche in rock 'n' roll history. Maybe not a huge one but enough to be very proud of.
Psy Free was a trio consisting of guitar, organ and drums. I was the drummer. We did what the name suggests: psychedelic, free music.
I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.
I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too.
To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered.
Perfection is no more a requisite to art than to heroes. Frigidaires are perfect. Beauty limps. My frigidaire has had to be replaced.
I have this weird thing where all the artists that I find myself engaging with the most are the ones that I have a bone to pick with.
I don't know what it is about the french language, it seems to be scared of coming out of the mouth so it comes out the nose instead.
In business, what distinguishes leaders from laggards and greatness from mediocrity is the ability to uniquely imagine what could be.
I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please.
Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at 'hateful ragtime' no longer passes for musical culture.
I'm always conscious of what I'm writing, conscious of what the actor may ask me. I have a defense for nearly every line in the song.
There were a lot of things happen in the mid-'80's that all of a sudden made it possible to do a lot of very quick interactive music.
I love classical music. I love a lot of musicians playing together and the whole culture of that, whether it's Indian or it's Western.
If I switch showrunners and I get to stay on the show, I approach it like it's their show, and I'm here to write their music for them.
I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart.
Don't hit the person across from you with bits of toast, And don't, when dinner is nearly through, say 'Who's the host' It isn't done.
Nerves, stress and the pressure to perform are a part of life. You don't have to conquer these feelings; just learn to live with them.
The rhythms of nature - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.
Music can be soothing or invigorating ennobling or vulgarizing, philosophical or orgiastic. It has powers of evil as well as for good.
The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
Things that really matter are the things that gold can't buy, so let's have another cup o' coffee and let's have another piece o' pie.
There's something about the ukulele that just makes you smile. It makes you let your guard down. It brings out the child in all of us.
Musical numbers should carry the action of the play and should be representative of the personalities of the characters who sing them.
As it's your 40th birthday This, we'd like to say May you be bathed in goodness, happiness and sunshineness On this, your special day.
Congratulations on turning 60 Now you can wear what you like No one cares, and more particularly You're fine telling 'em 'Take a hike'
We've shared good (times) We've shared good fries We've shared good (beers) But never goodbyes... Till now Mind how you go, good buddy
Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.
A critic can serve as guide. I think there's an understanding amongst the public that critics have their own preferences and dislikes.
Without order there can be no inner satisfaction. Without inner satisfaction there can be no freedom. Without freedom there is no joy.
It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly.
The great men of music close periods; they do not inaugurate them. The pioneer work, the finding of new paths, is left to smaller men.
The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.
Blessed be, the genius who never knew good fortune! Genius in itself already means so much; what meaning does luck still hold for him?
The measures and acts which show us violently disposed towards the outer world can never stay without a violent reaction on ourselves.
Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone
Dreams are a sweet mistake All dreamers must awake On, then, with the dance No backward glance Or my heart will break Never look back.
Riegger's Dichotomy sounded as though a pack of rats were being slowly tortured to death while, from time to time, a dying cow moaned.
Our riches, being in our brains, die with us... Unless of course someone chops off our head, in which case, we won't need them anyway.
Music is something that takes you to a world which is very different from the world of hatred,jealousy, and all those negative emotions
I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.
I like golden-era hip-hop because they were recording on a 2-inch tape. There was dirty, raw sampling. It's nasty. It has a vibe to it.
The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.
I'm not afraid to be a Russian Jewish romantic in my approach to anything, even in my animal divinities, or anything about the feeling.
I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content.