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The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies read more
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another . . . and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.
Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.
Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.
I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.
Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.
No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.
You know I want to sing for people, I want to jazz people up I want to make new music read more
You know I want to sing for people, I want to jazz people up I want to make new music that they've never heard.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Yet half the beast is the great god Pan,
To laugh, as he sits by the river,
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Yet half the beast is the great god Pan,
To laugh, as he sits by the river,
Making a poet out of a man.
The true gods sigh for the cost and the pain--
For the reed that grows never more again
As a reed with the reeds of the river.
