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I had to go see the Glee concert with my daughter - oh my God, shoot me. — Melissa Etheridge
Because of an off-hand funny comment I made backstage at a concert years ago, a story circulated that the song has been a burden and… — Don McLean
I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried… — Boz Scaggs
I was devastated. I'm still devastated to this day. When talent like that disappears in a flash, you can't believe it. You deny it. Max… — Helen Merrill
Many jazz musicians affect a misunderstood-genius air when they play, which alienates the audience and breaks down the communications of the music. A musician's responsibility… — Gabor Szabo
The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to… — Carroll Quigley
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are… — Abraham Lincoln
I really look forward to revisiting this body of work which has been such a huge part of my life and bringing it to the… — Danny Elfman
My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist. — Bernie Worrell
I always thought music was more important than sex—then I thought if I don't hear a concert for a year-and-a-half it doesn't bother me. — Jackie Mason
I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord. It was ornamental… — Thomas Eakins
I feel that classical music should be a more recognizable part of everyone’s entertainment. It has been my hope that through live concerts, motion pictures,… — Jose Iturbi
Something special can happen late at night in a jazz club. As the crowd thins, the musicians intuitively sense that those few who have stayed,… — Patricia Barber
When we hear a Mozart piano concerto today, we're most likely to hear the piano part played on a modern concert grand. In the hands… — Robert Greenberg
Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong. — Lara St. John
I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really. — Colin Greenwood
But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will be… — Ed O'Brien
Every evening, I come home tired and have just enough energy to fill out the endless tax forms, to pay bills, not to let my… — Fritz Zwicky
I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I… — Alan Hovhaness
There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight. — Zoe Lister-Jones
Who is giving the orders to ants? No one. They are self-organizing. Each of our immune systems get smarter over the years as its biochemical… — Steven Johnson
Played percussively, the piano is a bore. If I go to a concert and someone plays like that I have two choices: go home or… — Vladimir Horowitz
At every concert I leave a lot to the moment. I must have the unexpected, the unforeseen. I want to risk, to dare. I want… — Arthur Rubinstein
Composing a concert is like composing a menu.... If you start with light pieces and play a 45-minute sonata after the interlude, it's like starting… — Arthur Rubinstein
The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so. — Shelley Berman

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