Ravel Quotes

16 quotes by 13 authors

And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that. — Buddy Rich
I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky. — Esa-Pekka Salonen
You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. — Maurice Ravel
Neil Shepard's (T)RAVEL/ UN(T)RAVEL takes us from the sublime -- Paris in Spring, sunset on Corfu -- to an unscheduled toilet stop in a Chinese… — Charles Harper Webb
Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin? — Maurice Ravel
My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel. — Madeleine Peyroux
To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing bad Ravel. — Maurice Ravel
I toyed with the idea of playing Ravel's 'Pavane pour une infante defunte' but I couldn't remember if it's a tune or Latin prescription for… — Les Dawson
Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it… — Herbie Hancock
The story comes around, pushing at our brains, and soon we are trying to ravel back to the beginning, trying to put families into order… — Louise Erdrich
How do our lives ravel out into the no-wind, no-sound, the weary gestures wearily recapitulant: echoes of old compulsions with no-hand on no-string: in sunset… — William Faulkner
If you could just ravel out into time. That would be nice. It would be nice if you could just ravel out into time — William Faulkner
Corrival looked around. 'So is this it? Is everyone here? Erskine, maybe you should start the ball rolling. I have places to go and things… — Derek Landy
Composers are influenced by all the important music in their lives - and I suppose that since radio started playing popular music, that's as likely… — Jonny Greenwood
When I was younger, I used to do that a lot: I would hear a part of a song that would really relax me and… — King Krule
Lets find a path that leads us to highest purpose, and if we dont see one that works for us, lets create our path, blaze… — Kemmy Nola

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