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CLASSICAL
I am grateful...
I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.
Source: c. 1981; in...
The very best...
The very best thing that could happen to a voice, if it shows any promise at all, is when it is very young to leave it...
I have a...
I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.
Source:...
Problems arise in...
Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for...
If you send...
If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find...
Let me see...
Let me see you do the rag time dance
Turn left and do the Cake walk prance
Turn the other way and do the Slow...
Syncopations are no...
Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at hateful ragtime no longer passes for...
Because it has...
Because it has such a ragged movement. It suggests something like that.
Source: On...
Don t play...
Don t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast.
Source: A...
When I'm dead...
When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.
Source:...
The sonatas of...
The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for...
Sunshine can burn...
Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish --...
I am attracted...
I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed.
The notes I...
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art...
Applause is a...
Applause is a receipt, not a bill.
Source: On why he did not respond to applause...
I'm so happy...
I'm so happy to be able to give kids the opportunity to learn about amazing world of dance and music that I've have...
I think I've...
I think I've always had these songs that I've been writing in my head. Now I feel ready to let people start to hear...
There's no master...
There's no master plan! I'm just gonna be me and hope it all works out!
Source:...
I'm not really...
I'm not really doing anything different this time around but I am really growing up, as a person and that just all...
When you sing...
When you sing a song with feeling and do your all you connect and that's crucial to me.