Underneath the inharmonious and trivial particulars, is a musical perfection, the Ideal journeying always with us, the heaven without rent or seam. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
Little Jimmy Dickens has long been a musical hero of mine and one of the finest entertainers to ever step on any… — Charlie Daniels Copy Share Image
Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo,… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
I would love to see music reinstated as an essential part of schooling. The culture that it brings; the knowledge that it… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
So what I'm trying to say is from a musical aspect for anybody to say that whatever they're doing in Florida is… — Grandmaster Flash Copy Share Image
If a movie musical came along and the part was right and somebody wanted me to do it, I would do it… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
There is indeed a level of improvisation where we can distort and shuffle the music patterns, samples, and loops in each phase… — Thomas Bangalter Copy Share Image
I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
Since music is the only language with the contradictory attributes of being intelligible and untranslatable, the musical creator is a being comparable… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
A lot of singers find a musical genre people like and stick with it. That's being a conformist. I sing ballads, rock,… — Thalia Copy Share Image
Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical spectrum from an elite percussionist to a… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
Shout out to Daryl Hall. He is the best. One of my true musical heroes. He comes from the Philly area so… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
And I love Jane Austen's use of language too--the way she takes her time to develop a phrase and gives it room… — Andrew Clements Copy Share Image
Of course, when you see [ musical numbers] in the movie [Out To Sea ], it's cut into a lot with other… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
One of the most encouraging things is to see that so many of these young musicians and worship leaders are really concerned… — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
The women went berserk, to the accompaniment of 'When a Man Loves a Woman.' It was all bass and drums; the musical… — Sue Margolis Copy Share Image
Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Violins are the lively, forward, importunate wits, that distinguish themselves by the flourishes of imagination, sharpness of repartee, glances of satire, and… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think some people just have an innate musical ability, and I'm lucky enough to be one of those people. — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
In my own musical existence I don't feel that being a guitar player is like the best thing on earth to be.… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
I was at a school in England, a prep school, from the ages of 8 and 13. And every play they did… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
My feeling about young people who want to pursue a career is - the first thing is do your homework on where… — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
There has been studies looking at like musical talent and it shows that there is actually a really large genetic component involved. — H. A. Berlin Copy Share Image
As it grows ever more complicated today, musical art seeks out combinations more dissonant, stranger, and harsher for the ear. Thus, it… — Luigi Russolo Copy Share Image
There is perhaps nothing that is not musical. Perhaps there's no moment in life that's not musical... All instruments, musical or not,… — George Brecht Copy Share Image
I went through a few phases of finding myself: I dabbled in musical theater, chess club, dance troupe, splatter-painting, school mascot (go… — Debby Ryan Copy Share Image
When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked… — Leslie Easterbrook Copy Share Image
He came from a rock band and even though he was not a lead singer, I knew he was musical just from… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Whether something 'has color' or not is as hard to define verbally as are such questions as, 'What is music?' or 'What… — Josef Albers Copy Share Image
I'm not an advocate of true rhymes, I don't think. I think that everyone who writes musical theater needs to know how… — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas For wind instruments was… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
I tried singing. I tried playing a musical instrument. I really wanted to be a musician, but I never could quite pull… — Bill Cobbs Copy Share Image
I've always sung. I was really into musical theater when I was growing up. As a kid, I listened to Ella Fitzgerald… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image