"To sing you must first open your mouth.……" — Henry Miller
"To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not necessary to have an accordion, or a guitar. The essential thing is to want to sing. This then is a song. I am singing."
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261 Quotes by Henry Miller
Henry Miller has 261 quotes on this site.
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...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing.
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The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist.…
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The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is…
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The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
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An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
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If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
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Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich,…
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We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it…
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The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably…
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I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
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Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if…
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Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.
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I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver…
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Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or…
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Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style…
— Steve Rushin
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The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
— Robert Burchfield
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I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken…
— Connie Francis
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Ive realized that even more that what is beautiful about the accordion is to play with a single finger sometimes,…
— Unknown Author
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I once made the mistake of writing a story with David Corbett. The man smoked me. He can delineate the…
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No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.
— Elizabeth Moon
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My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.
— Toots Thielemans
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He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you…
— Matthew Sweet
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Music helps set a romantic mood. Imagine her surprise when you say, "We don't need a stereo - I have…
— Martin Mull
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Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer
— Sarah Kay
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