Notes Quotes

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Music is the silence between the notes. — Claude Debussy
Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone. — Annie Dillard
Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and tell me, tell me that we will think of them… — Georges Duhamel
I write everything down. I e-mail the second I think of something, or I write notes in my BlackBerry calendar. I set up reminder alerts… — Giada De Laurentiis
Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way. — Brian Eno
I tend to jot down moments, lines, interactions that don't really make any sense. I try and explain these scattered notes to my close friends,… — Asghar Farhadi
When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in modern spelling and… — James Fenton
I don't believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it's worthy of note. — Harvey Fierstein
Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take notes or use… — Joshua Foer
If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become. — Sammy Hagar
All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note. — Herbie Hancock
The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way. — Herbie Hancock
You can alter movie singing so much because you go into the recording studio and, just technology for recording has gotten so good, you can… — Anne Hathaway
As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. — Seamus Heaney
Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing… — Don Henley
Kind 'Guardian' readers have been forwarding me round robin Christmas newsletters for years now: lengthy missives full of perfect children, exotic holidays, talented pets and… — Simon Hoggart
I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background. I… — Anthony Hopkins
If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. — Vladimir Horowitz
I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want… — Vladimir Horowitz

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