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“If my serenade of song and story should serve as a pillow for some composer's head, as yet perhaps unborn, to dream and build on our fond melodies in his tomorrow, I have not labored in vain.”

Quote by William Christopher Handy

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William Christopher Handy

William Christopher Handy, known as the 'King of the Blues', was an American composer. Born on November 16, 1873, and died on March 28, 1958. Handy is renowned for his blues music compositions, with 'St. Louis Blues' being his most iconic work. more

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“You'll never miss the water 'til the well runs dry.”

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Author:William Christopher Handy

“A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out of his shoes. His face had on it some of the sadness of the ages. As he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularized by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars. The effect was unforgettable.”

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Book:Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy

Source: Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy

“I don't think I think when I play. I have a photographic memory for chords, and when I'm playing, the right chords appear in my mind like photographs long before I get to them.”

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“I always challenge myself. I get out in deep water and I always try to get back. But I get hung up. The audience never knows, but that's when I smile the most, when I show the most ivory.”

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“I always thought jazz was like the trunk of a tree. After the tree has grown, many branches have spread out. They're all with different leaves and they all look beautiful. But at the end of the season, they fold back up and it's still the tree trunk.”

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“If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it.”

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“The world is rid of Lord Byron, but the deadly slime of his touch still remains.”

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Author:John Constable

“There has never been a boy painter, nor can there be. The art requires a long apprenticeship, being mechanical, as well as intellectual.”

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Book:Delphi Collected Works of John Constable (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of John Constable (Illustrated)

“When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture.”

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Book:John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science

Source: John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science

“A sketch will not serve more than one state of mind & will not serve to drink at again & again — in a sketch there is nothing but the one state of mind — that which you were in at the time.”

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Book:Correspondence

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