Delicate Quote by Andres Segovia

“The guitar is the most unpredictable and least reliable musical instrument in existence...and also the sweetest, the warmest, the most delicate, whose melancholic voice awakes in our soul exquisite reveries.” quote by Andres Segovia — Download Open image

“The guitar is the most unpredictable and least reliable musical instrument in existence...and also the sweetest, the warmest, the most delicate, whose melancholic voice awakes in our soul exquisite reveries.”

Andres Segovia

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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 me stay here.

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Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer?

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“Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to be seperated…

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Electric guitars are an abomination, whoever heard of an electric violin? An electric cello? Or for that matter an electric singer?

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The piano is a monster that screams when you touch its teeth.

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A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

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(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each other.

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Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.

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