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“The more perfect music we have, the more attractive the peculiarities and anomalies of human performance become. Perfection is a second rate idea.”

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T Bone Burnett

T Bone Burnett, born on January 14, 1948, is an American musician, music producer, composer, and singer. He has had a wide-reaching influence in the music industry, known for his unique musical style and his revival of traditional music. more

“Mozart in his music was probably the most reasonable of the world's great composers. It is the happy balance between flight and control, between sensibility and self-discipline, simplicity and sophistication of style that is his particular province... Mozart tapped once again the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breath-taking rightness that has never since been duplicated.”

World Self Style Particular Source Balance Discipline Flow Breaths Simplicity Flight Reasonable Composer Sensibility Self Discipline Spontaneity Provinces Refinement Sophistication

Author:Aaron Copland

“No, it's the musicians and I must say they are an accomplished bunch, but odd, as musicians tend to be. Is it the vibration from their instruments, do you suppose, working on the brain? All that fraught buzzing?”

Brain Musician Instruments Bunch Odd Accomplished Vibrations

Book:The Cunning Man

Source: The Cunning Man

“To this day I am indulgent toward orchestras that are trying to lift themselves in the world, while critics are busy assuring them that they are not the Vienna Philharmonic and never will be.”

World Trying Critics Busy Lifts This Day Orchestra Vienna

Book:The Cunning Man

Source: The Cunning Man

“All good art is about something deeper than it admits.”

Art Art Is Deeper Good Art

Book:The Great Movies

Source: The Great Movies

“An Englishman will take you into a large room, beautifully proportioned, and will point out to you that it is white- all over white- and somebody will say what exquisite taste. You know in your own mind, in your own soul, that it is not taste at all˘that is the want of taste˘that is mere evasion. English music is white and evades everything.”

Knows Want Mind Soul White Rooms Taste Music Is Mere Exquisite Englishmen Evasion English Music

Book:A future for English music, and other lectures

Source: A future for English music, and other lectures

“A teacher who is only interested in great talents is like a man who only seeks the company of rich people.”

People Men Company Rich Teacher Talent Rich People Great Talent

Author:Carl Flesch

“Beethoven and Liszt have contributed to the advent of long hair.”

Long Hair Advent Long Hair

Book:Notes of a Pianist

Source: Notes of a Pianist

“I think that if people show up in jeans and chains, it's great that all parts of culture are interested in music. People forget sometimes that it's about the music, not how you act and dress.”

People Ifs Thinking Sometimes Shows Culture Forget Dresses Chains Jeans

Author:Hilary Hahn

“It's fine with me if people want to applaud between movements of a concerto. It doesn't bother me - it's part of performance experience. Sometimes when they applaud if I'm still playing it's not as good, but there's always a way around it. Actually the applause gives me a little rest and chance to stretch, too.”

People Ifs Way Want Giving Littles Stills Sometimes Chance Movement Fine Performances Give Me Bother Applause

Author:Hilary Hahn

“I have every iPod that's been made ˘ that's how sick I am. I carry anything and everything I possibly would want to listen to. I have a lot of jazz. I adore Ralph Towner, Leo Kottke. I've always been a big Oscar Peterson fan. I've branched out a little bit more in rock-and-roll, but that's maybe because I'm 50 years old and I can now listen to Steely Dan again without shame. I adore the Grateful Dead. Creedence Clearwater Revival. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. All that's been fun to get back into. But I'm no longer interested in the Doobie Brothers.”

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