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A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
[T]he music's pure algebra of enchantment.
[T]he music's pure algebra of enchantment.
Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.
Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.
Gayly the troubadour
Touched his guitar.
Gayly the troubadour
Touched his guitar.
Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through read more
Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through the set rather than a bunch of songs.
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: read more
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting beauty of monotony.
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.
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.
