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“There were no ideas in music, only touch and instinct and sometimes grace—the mechanical tools—and that among those who were given the tools, only…

— Will Boast

“If the creative process is so powerful, it would be natural to wonder why many artists have difficulties in their lives. It is because…

— Robert Fritz

“Music really did mean something to him, he realized, and it always had. It called to him, although there were no words to describe…

— Tad Williams

“It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realize his ideal.”

— Oscar Wilde

History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals.…

— Steve Vai

“His music gave no lesser joy than a vacation. Creativity in his music and its success stood out as an example to all kinds…

— Amit Kalantri

“One cannot listen to different pieces of music at the same time, a real comprehension of the beautiful being possible only through concentration upon…

— Kakuzō Okakura

“Musicians are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-to-day rejection in one year…

— David Ackert

“The music--the making of music and the performing of music--produced memories, many good, some bad, some difficult. But he knew for sure that he'd…

— Graham Joyce

“It’s genius simmering, perhaps. I’ll let it simmer, and see what comes of it,” he said, with a secret suspicion all the while that…

— Louisa May Alcott

“With a musical work, no matter how intellectual or dramatic its foundation, its test ever will be its value as pure music.”

— Gustav Kobbé

“Years later, as a professor, Martin would try to find the words to articulate the power of togetherness in a world where togetherness had…

— Jessica Shattuck