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“The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me.”

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Alberta Hunter

Alberta Hunter was an influential jazz singer born on April 1, 1895, and passed away on October 17, 1984. Known for her distinctive voice and improvisational skills, she was a significant figure in early 20th-century jazz. more

“Sally Barris has a voice like sparkling crystal. You could have knocked me over with a feather the first time I heard her. Her writing is from a deep, yet innocent, place and her point of view is just a bit off center. I am excited for her, she is standing at the beginning of her journey in this town, with all of it ahead of her. It reminds me of the first time I heard Beth Nielson-Chapman or Nanci Griffith. It's going to be fun to watch.”

Writing Firsts Fun Bits Voice Views Watches Heard Journey First Time Standing Towns Excited Point Of View Innocent Feathers Crystals Sparkling Beth

Author:Kathy Mattea

“The most essential prerequisite to understanding is to be able to admit when you don't understand something”

Inspirational Able Understanding Attitude Acceptance Essentials Admitting Prerequisites

Book:33: understanding change & the change in understanding

Source: 33: understanding change & the change in understanding

“People never forget things, they just never remembered it in the first place because it was too boring”

People Firsts Forget Boring Remembered Never Forget

Author:Richard Saul Wurman

“The key to making things understandable is to understand what it's like NOT to understand.”

Keys

Author:Richard Saul Wurman

“If you serve that God, all the others will be taken care of. My quote is: 'The only way to communicate is to understand what it is like not to understand.' It is at that moment that you can make something understandable.”

Ifs Way Moments Care Taken Communicate That Moment

Author:Richard Saul Wurman

“You only understand information relative to what you already understand.”

Information Relative

Book:Information Anxiety 2

Source: Information Anxiety 2

“My opening line to my students, and a recurring theme in my classes, was that the big design problem isn't designing a house for your parents or yourself, a museum, or a toaster, or a book, or whatever. The big design problem is designing your life. It's by the design of your life that you create the backboard off which you bounce all your thoughts and ideas and creativity. You have to decide what it is that you want to do each day.”

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