Paying Attention Quote by Tom Robbins

“No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.”

— W. H. Auden

“At the opera, the music makes no sense; here in the street it has just the right demented touch to give it poignancy.”

— Henry Miller

“Be guided by the love of enjoyment, rather than the fear of making a mistake, when things are perfect, in a way, nothing has…

— Josephine Araldo

“Pretend you're not alone, Like you are center stage on Broadway. 'Cause when you're on your own a little opera goes a long way.”

— Sky Sailing Adam Young

“First you learn the instrument, then you learn the music, then you forget all that s**t and just play.”

— Charlie Parker

“To learn something new, you need to try new things and not be afraid to be wrong.”

— Roy T. Bennett

If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera…

— Sarah Caldwell

“It's not always what we don't know that gets in our way; sometimes it's what we think we know that keeps us from learning.”

— Steve Maraboli

“They know the words, but not the music.”

— K.S. Blair

“If you are not making mistakes, you are not learning or at least, you are not learning enough.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

“And you listen to some of that meticulous Mozart stuff and Vivaldi and you realize that they knew that too. They knew when to…

— Keith Richards

“You haven't learned anything, until you've read a good book.”

— Jazmeen Osae-Kwapong