Virtuoso Quotes

30 quotes by 29 authors

Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't… — Ethel Barrymore
Two simple principles lie at the bottom of the whole matter, and they may be precipitated into two rules. The first is that, when there… — H. L. Mencken
It [Christian Social Party] recognized the value of large-scale propaganda and was a virtuoso in influencing the psychological instincts of the broad masses of its… — Adolf Hitler
EXTREMELY FUNNY! A SUPER-VIRTUOSO! I expected to enjoy 'The Two and Only,' but I didn't expect to be touched, much less to find my eyes… — Terry Teachout
What is the best music is impossible to define. Just because it's played by a virtuoso player, doesn't mean it's great music. It might not… — Mickey Hart
Despite popular opinion, there are no important parallels between Madonna and Monroe, who was a virtuoso comedienne but who was in secure, depressive, passive-aggressive, and… — Camille Paglia
The virtuoso element in jazz playing, all those very fast runs in the upper extremes, simply doesn't appeal to me. That's why I don't want… — Gavin Bryars
For the virtuoso, musical works are in fact nothing but tragic and moving materializations of his emotions; he is called upon to make them speak,… — Franz Liszt
If you want to be a virtuoso then you have to set your sights above me. You have to go beyond what I'm doing. And… — Steve Vai
Play slow and perfect - thatâ€™s the way to becoming a virtuoso. — Steve Vai
Everyone is a virtuoso on his own instrument, but together they add up to an intolerable cacophony. — Thomas Bernhard
There is more to creative mastership than the surface of satisfaction and political certainty. The music of Joe Fonda is part of a living tradition… — Anthony Braxton
I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists to learn how to appear,… — Christopher Hampton
A virtuoso performance. Scott Thompsonâ€™s biography of the soldier statesman Fidel V. Ramos illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics and its relation… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed… — Eric Butterworth
Well, I do expect a lot of myself. I'm a harsh critic because I know what I'm capable of. I have hit those occasional peaks… — Dave Stevens
The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something… — Claude Debussy
By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso. — Robert Quine
I have never learned to read or write music so I am not a virtuoso musician like the others you mentioned. I am completely unable… — Ken Hensley
At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on… — James Iha

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