Chris A Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 "Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music." "When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly." "Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius." Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennie Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 "A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence" ~ Keith Richards I had never heard that one, but I really, really like it. Thanks Jim, Dennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 "I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image." David Bowie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 My favorite isn't from a musician per se' but rather about the music business, supposedly from Hunter S. Thompson. "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." My next favorite, this one from a muscian (Brian Eno I believe) "possessions are just a fast way of converting money into problems" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninshine Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 "People pay other people so they can believe in themselves" Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 "...it seems a stray bullet actually pierced the ******** of a Union soldier and lodged itself in the ovaries of a woman standing approximately 100 ft. away. She's alright, the baby's doing fine...ofcourse the soldier's a little pissed off..." "All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes" "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away" "There's a place down the street; Seven Xs. What does that mean? Maybe it's... girls without skin." Tom Waits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world. Sometimes I actually start to think human life is just as cheap to corporate America as animal life, so long as there are big profits to be made. Tom Scholz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 There is two kinds of music: the good, and the bad. I play the good kind. Louis Armstrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish. Darrell Royal... a good friend to Willie Nelson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 "I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great." Ray Charles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmobley Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Willie Nelson on his 75th birthday said "I think I have outlived my d#@k" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnBob Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 During a rehearsal of an opera conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, a horse on stage forgot his manners and left an odiferous deposit. Sir Adrian looked down at it, then said, "A disgusting spectacle, but, Gad - what a critic!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 “You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.” Willie Nelson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromprof Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 This is known as the "low brass credo," attributed to Charlie Vernon of the Chicago Symphony. Insert your own profanity in the blanks. "Blow the _______ ______ out of it man and don't give a _________ inch and let'm know you're back there and that you don't give a ______ about their temper mental prima donna horse _____ attitudes because you are a LOW BRASS PLAYER and that means you got to ______________' nail it to the wall and to that you got to be a real _______________ man, with a chin (dwandle-deedle) and that means you're gonna by-God nail and plow and wahf and drag and push the "lead the whole damn section" through every part no matter what it is - Mozart or Mahler (hell they're all the same ain't they, besides a 'fortsando is a fortsando') and if they don't like it they can by-God find another player because you don't need their ______ money and those sissy-____ conductors and tin eared string players (those _____ 'think' they can hear the grass grow) and the _____ twiddly-dink woodwind players that are so sure that all low brass players want to play loud all the time CAN JUST KISS MY _____ and if they don't want to pay you double-_____ scale, they can simply get _____________ for all you care cause they couldn't replace you with a player half as good and they can just stick that bloody contract up their aristocratic __________ cause if they don't appreciate a big _________ sound with some body and breadth and projection and carrying power, you don't want any part of this orchestra (such ________ management anyway) and they can take the whole symphony society and/or art alliance and shove it cause you're fed up with this amateur bull______ and they can come across with some real bread or ________ off or they'll be hunting another player because you've got a million other offers and you've got no problem playing the horn because you can _______ read!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tblake10 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Ah, that is a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 CSO always had the best sound, especially with Reiner (as he looks for his copy of 'March to the Scaffold' with its rude brass, Sir Georg Solti in 1972). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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