"Among God's creatures two, the dog and the……" — Andres Segovia
"Among God's creatures two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes, in order not to be separated from the man."
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16 Quotes by Andres Segovia
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When I started to play with my fingernails, it was not just for volume. The most important thing was giving…
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When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to get everything into its proper place. But when…
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My prayer to the Lord every day, is this-I have been a great sinner. I do not deserve Heaven. Let…
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Electric guitars are an abomination, whoever heard of an electric violin? An electric cello? Or for that matter an electric…
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(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each…
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The piano is a monster that screams when you touch its teeth.
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You know what I think? If I am tired now, I don't mind, because I have eternity to rest.
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Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound…
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The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is…
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I've had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars.
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The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice.
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When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause…
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