ext to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

ext to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to read more

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.

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.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. •Robert Fripp There is nothing more notable read more

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. •Robert Fripp There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

And sure there is music even in the beauty, and the silent note
which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than read more

And sure there is music even in the beauty, and the silent note
which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument;
for there is music wherever there is harmony, order, or
proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the
spheres.

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't read more

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.