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Musical Quotes

I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that Picture Quote #1

I’ve never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig Picture Quote #1

I think every artist subconsciously wants to evolve themselves. Sometimes they get stuck in ruts because of pop culture, peer pressure, stuff like that. But what excites me most is exploring my own musical insights and expanding upon them Picture Quote #1

I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms Picture Quote #1

I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It’s no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor Picture Quote #1

I don’t play the tuba. The tuba plays me. My tuba is not actually a tuba, because it has never produced a musical sound. It is actually a giant frog pretending to be a tuba Picture Quote #1

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Given her deafness, the auditory part of the brain, deprived of its usual input, had started to generate a spontaneous activity of its own, and this took the form of musical hallucinations, mostly musical memories from her earlier life. The brain needed to stay incessantly active, and if it was not getting its usual stimulation..., it would create its own stimulation in the form of hallucinations Picture Quote #1

Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there’s some sort of musical explosion Picture Quote #1

Sounds of daily life are musical. I try to absorb the intricacies of sounds as if I were listening to music Picture Quote #1

The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of their instrument Picture Quote #1

Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty Picture Quote #1

It was you that led me to the musical that’s everything to me. You held my hands so that I can enter the world that I could only watch. When I fell, you helped me stand up. When the path was closed, you opened it up. You’re that kind of person to me Picture Quote #1

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I believe that from the earth emerges a musical poetry that is by the nature of its sources tonal. I believe that these sources cause to exist a phonology of music, which evolves from the universal, and is known as the harmonic series Picture Quote #1

The position of the planetary bodies at the moment of birth is a musical score done in planetary symbols of the heavenly harmonics and dissonances as these are played into the life of the incarnating ego Picture Quote #1

My commodity as a writer, whatever I’m writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don’t alter your voice to fit the subject. Develop one voice that readers will recognize when they hear it on the page, a voice that’s enjoyable not only in its musical line but in its avoidance of sounds that would cheapen its tone: breeziness and condescension and clichés Picture Quote #1

The majority of people mistakenly feel like they don’t need a live musical experience Picture Quote #1

I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last. Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about Picture Quote #1

No matter what, I will always prefer a live performance. Whether it be a play or a musical, or playing music live. As long as it’s live, it’s the best because there’s sort of an immediacy to connection between an audience and a performer, whereas where you do film or television, you’re at the whim of so many different forces Picture Quote #1

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I definitely wasn’t cool in high school. I really wasn’t. I did belong to many of the clubs and was in leadership on yearbook and did the musical theater route, so I had friends in all areas, but I certainly did not know what to wear, did not know how to do my hair, all those things Picture Quote #1

You leave white people alone in constant isolation for 2,000 years, and you know what their musical contribution will be? Riverdance! Picture Quote #1

The way I look at a musical, you are commenting on the human condition no matter what you do. A musical may be light and frivolous, but by its very nature, it makes some kind of social comment Picture Quote #1

Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor Picture Quote #1

This is a musical, ma’am. If there’s no gay, there’s a problem Picture Quote #1

I can’t sit through plays and musical theatre. I just want to run up onstage and mess up their hair and turn over the furniture Picture Quote #1

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Each person comes to have this musical experience, this moment with us, where they get to sink into our world for a little while. It’s this very unhurried world. It’s fairly quiet, it’s contemplative, but it can be quite panoramic. I think people think interesting thoughts at our shows, and they go rather deeply into some personal experience of their own. I’m really proud that our music seems to connect, because it’s not for everybody. But for the people that our music works for, it really gets down pretty deep in there Picture Quote #1

The best conducting technique is that which achieves the maximum musical result with the minimum effort. The only general rule is to infuse all gestures with precision, clarity, and vitality Picture Quote #1

Typography is to literature as musical performance is to composition: an essential act of interpretation, full of endless opportunities for insight or obtuseness Picture Quote #1

The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential Picture Quote #1

For the virtuoso, musical works are in fact nothing but tragic and moving materializations of his emotions; he is called upon to make them speak, weep, sing and sigh, to recreate them in accordance with his own consciousness. In this way he, like the composer, is a creator, for he must have within himself those passions that he wishes to bring so intensely to life Picture Quote #1

We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more advanced. Does cultural development represent a real advance in human sensitivity, or is it chiefly a diversion for elites and a weapon of class exploitation? Picture Quote #1

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I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that (Musical Quotes) I’ve never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig (Musical Quotes) I think every artist subconsciously wants to evolve themselves. Sometimes they get stuck in ruts because of pop culture, peer pressure, stuff like that. But what excites me most is exploring my own musical insights and expanding upon them (Musical Quotes) I am regarded as a usurper, as an imposter and dilettante, because I do technically come from the wrong side of the tracks in musical terms (Musical Quotes) I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It’s no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor (Musical Quotes) I don’t play the tuba. The tuba plays me. My tuba is not actually a tuba, because it has never produced a musical sound. It is actually a giant frog pretending to be a tuba (Musical Quotes) Given her deafness, the auditory part of the brain, deprived of its usual input, had started to generate a spontaneous activity of its own, and this took the form of musical hallucinations, mostly musical memories from her earlier life. The brain needed to stay incessantly active, and if it was not getting its usual stimulation..., it would create its own stimulation in the form of hallucinations (Musical Quotes) Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there’s some sort of musical explosion (Musical Quotes) Sounds of daily life are musical. I try to absorb the intricacies of sounds as if I were listening to music (Musical Quotes) The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of their instrument (Musical Quotes) Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty (Musical Quotes) It was you that led me to the musical that’s everything to me. You held my hands so that I can enter the world that I could only watch. When I fell, you helped me stand up. When the path was closed, you opened it up. You’re that kind of person to me (Musical Quotes) I believe that from the earth emerges a musical poetry that is by the nature of its sources tonal. I believe that these sources cause to exist a phonology of music, which evolves from the universal, and is known as the harmonic series (Musical Quotes) The position of the planetary bodies at the moment of birth is a musical score done in planetary symbols of the heavenly harmonics and dissonances as these are played into the life of the incarnating ego (Musical Quotes) My commodity as a writer, whatever I’m writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don’t alter your voice to fit the subject. Develop one voice that readers will recognize when they hear it on the page, a voice that’s enjoyable not only in its musical line but in its avoidance of sounds that would cheapen its tone: breeziness and condescension and clichés (Musical Quotes) The majority of people mistakenly feel like they don’t need a live musical experience (Musical Quotes) I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last. Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about (Musical Quotes) No matter what, I will always prefer a live performance. Whether it be a play or a musical, or playing music live. As long as it’s live, it’s the best because there’s sort of an immediacy to connection between an audience and a performer, whereas where you do film or television, you’re at the whim of so many different forces (Musical Quotes) I definitely wasn’t cool in high school. I really wasn’t. I did belong to many of the clubs and was in leadership on yearbook and did the musical theater route, so I had friends in all areas, but I certainly did not know what to wear, did not know how to do my hair, all those things (Musical Quotes) You leave white people alone in constant isolation for 2,000 years, and you know what their musical contribution will be? Riverdance! (Musical Quotes) The way I look at a musical, you are commenting on the human condition no matter what you do. A musical may be light and frivolous, but by its very nature, it makes some kind of social comment (Musical Quotes) Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor (Musical Quotes) This is a musical, ma’am. If there’s no gay, there’s a problem (Musical Quotes) I can’t sit through plays and musical theatre. I just want to run up onstage and mess up their hair and turn over the furniture (Musical Quotes) Each person comes to have this musical experience, this moment with us, where they get to sink into our world for a little while. It’s this very unhurried world. It’s fairly quiet, it’s contemplative, but it can be quite panoramic. I think people think interesting thoughts at our shows, and they go rather deeply into some personal experience of their own. I’m really proud that our music seems to connect, because it’s not for everybody. But for the people that our music works for, it really gets down pretty deep in there (Musical Quotes) The best conducting technique is that which achieves the maximum musical result with the minimum effort. The only general rule is to infuse all gestures with precision, clarity, and vitality (Musical Quotes) Typography is to literature as musical performance is to composition: an essential act of interpretation, full of endless opportunities for insight or obtuseness (Musical Quotes) The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential (Musical Quotes) For the virtuoso, musical works are in fact nothing but tragic and moving materializations of his emotions; he is called upon to make them speak, weep, sing and sigh, to recreate them in accordance with his own consciousness. In this way he, like the composer, is a creator, for he must have within himself those passions that he wishes to bring so intensely to life (Musical Quotes) We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more advanced. Does cultural development represent a real advance in human sensitivity, or is it chiefly a diversion for elites and a weapon of class exploitation? (Musical Quotes)

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