Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

Soprano, basso, even the contra-alto
Wished him five fathom under the Rialto.

Soprano, basso, even the contra-alto
Wished him five fathom under the Rialto.

The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush
When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh
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The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush
When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh
That filters through the forest, or the gush
That swells and sinks amid the branches high,--
'Tis all the music of the wind, and we
Let fancy float on the aeolian breath.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

Wagner's music has some wonderful moments but awful half hours.

Wagner's music has some wonderful moments but awful half hours.

Gayly the troubadour
Touched his guitar.

Gayly the troubadour
Touched his guitar.

Music is what feelings sound like.

Music is what feelings sound like.