St Clare Quote by Niall Williams

“He would talk about how important all music was. How it took us--not just the people who played it but the people who heard…

— Jon Skovron

“He begged hard, and said he couldn't play—a plausible excuse, but too thin; there wasn't a musician in the country that could.”

— Mark Twain

“He'd been just like all of the other performers in the world. He'd wanted to be universally loved. He wasn't all that different from…

— Sherman Alexie

“He crossed the stage, pushed the bench back and sat, hands resting on the keyboard cover. After a moment, he took off the cloth,…

— Kristine Kathryn Rusch

“If Marcus hadn't already faced the fact that he was head over heels in love with Nicola, he would have fallen right then...along with…

— Bella Andre

“There was no chance that these three were going to prepare at all before they took the stage. In fact there was a good…

— Peter Pullman

“It had been three days ago, the closing night of Miles to Go, the small, independent play I’d been performing in. The theater was…

— Lara Hunter

“Oh, sure, they’d insisted I take Washington Wife class after I’d inadvertently insulted the Prime Minster of England, but how could I have known…

— Gini Koch

“People would come and people would go, I realized then, but music would be there until the end of time.”

— Len Vlahos

“Stephen was alluring in that languid, stay-out-all-night kind of way: a musician with long, unkempt hair, a skinny smoker’s frame, and an encyclopedic knowledge…

— Susannah Cahalan

“He didn't mind facing the music in most cases, but he wasn't partial to the wedding march.”

— Joanna Jordan

“He said that things could be different in Little Rock, if only the right people could find their voice. I wanted to be on…

— Kristin Levine