Notes Quotes

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It's always funny to me when people use the phrase 'Best guitar player in the world'. There are too many variables such as technique, uniqueness,… — Steve Vai
You've only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing. — Eddie Van Halen
I've found in composing that being simple and profoundâ€”having in-depthness in your musicâ€”is the most difficult thing to do. Anybody can write a whole lot… — Horace Silver
What can you say about a man, who on Mother's Day sends flowers to his mother-in-law, with a note thanking her for making him the… — Nancy Reagan
Stories worked much the same way . . . A false note at the beginning was much more costly than one nearer the end because… — Richard Russo
I have never written a note I didn't mean. — Erik Satie
To me, life is like the back nine in golf. Sometimes you play better on the back nine. You may not be stronger, but hopefully… — Clint Eastwood
I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those really high notes, I bet you can really see it in those genitals. — Jack Handey
Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring… — Jack Handey
To do a portrait today, I decide how close I can get to my subject. First, of course, mentally or intellectually, then in the viewfinder.… — Victor Skrebneski
. . . it is interesting to note that the original problem that started my research is still outstanding - namely the problem of planning… — George Dantzig
Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life,… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness. — W.C. Fields
`Tis May, the elfish maiden, the daughter of the Spring, Upon whose birthday morning the birds delight to sing. They would not sing one note… — Robert Fuller Murray
For the Deist ... prayer is calling across a void to a distant deity. This lofty figure may or may not be listening. He, or… — N. T. Wright
There is no formula to it because writing every song, for me, is a little journey. The first note has to lift you and make… — Enya
Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded. — Vernor Vinge
As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes; and as poetry is a rise above prose and oratory, so is… — Henry Purcell
There shall be a National Anthem containing incomprehensible words and a high note that normal humans cannot hit without risk of hernia. — Dave Barry
You can't speak Music with notes alone, but you can speak Music without notes at all! — Victor Wooten

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