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Musical Quotes by John Blacking
- We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more advanced. Does cultural…
- Thus, if a composer wants to produce music that is relevant to his contemporaries, his chief problem is not really musical, though it may seem…
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- I would call it a comedy variety show. We have some people just doing straight standup. We usually try to have one… — Todd Barry
- All possible truth is practical. To ask whether our conception of chair or table corresponds to the real chair or table apart… — G. Stanley Hall
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong
- No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and… — Johann Sebastian Bach
- Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. — Johann Sebastian Bach
- There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me. — Erykah Badu
- I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just… — Amy Adams