“The love of the art is what keeps me going. It's that sound that runs through my bones.” Quote by Gino Vannelli
“When I'm singing at the piano and I'm having a really nice fun day singing, if I have a headache, the headache will immediately dissipate just the notes going through my head.” IfsFunNiceSingingNotesPianoReally NiceHeadacheFun Day Author:Gino Vannelli
“When you're young, you want to convince everyone that you're right and they're wrong. As you get older, it's not important if you are right or wrong, it's important that you work together with other people and get something done.” PeopleIfsWantImportantDoneTogetherYoungConvinceWorking Together Author:Gino Vannelli
“Music will inevitably get you into Philosophy, and once you logically see that through, will end up getting you into Theology. Once you see that through, it will end up getting you to a simple place of being happy with yourself and everybody around you.” EndsPhilosophySimpleTheologyHappy With YourselfBeing Happy With Yourself Author:Gino Vannelli
“With all the catastrophes that are going on, and all the hardships that are going on around the world, you don't do the world any service by walking around in pain and at war with yourself. You'd do a lot better good, a lot better service, if you find that thing within yourself that says ...move forward it's okay. It's are duty to see through it and work through it.” IfsWorldWarPainMovingDutyWalkingOkayMoving ForwardAround The WorldHardshipCatastropheWar With Yourself Author:Gino Vannelli
“Music was not always my fan. Sometimes there were lean years, years where I was uncertain if I was doing the right or wrong thing. And years where there wasn't the acceptance, years of economic hardships, and failures. That's when you get to know either who you are, what you're made of, or what's inside of you. If you don't probe deeper, you'll never know, and you can't go on.” IfsKnowsYearsMadeSometimesFansEconomicAcceptanceGoes OnWho You AreDeeperHardshipUncertainWrong Things Author:Gino Vannelli
“First is the man ...and then the music. If the man is not intact, the music will not happen.” IfsMenFirstsHappensHe Man Author:Gino Vannelli
“Beginning in the nineteenth century, with performers like Franz Liszt, were musicians who were able to excite an audience and communicate on a whole new level.” WholeAbleLevelsAudienceCenturyMusicianCommunicatePerformersNineteenth Century Author:David Finckel
“The zenith of virtuosity, a violinist like Jascha Heifetz, the supernatural in a pianist like Vladimir Horowitz, these are performers who were so idiosyncratic and personal that to imitate them would be like filling somebody else's bottle with your wine.” Would BeWineBottlesPerformersFillingPianistViolinistZenithVirtuosity Author:David Finckel
“We all know that there are many people that can play the instrument perfectly today, up and down with technical perfection, but does the sound connect internally, do they touch people's hearts, how creative are they.... ?” PeopleKnowsHeartDoePlayTodaySoundCreativePerfectionInstrumentsUp And Down Author:David Finckel
“Being an artist and a musician, I have witnessed the previous generation taking the art form, not as a way of making a living, but as a belief, an almost maniacal, sometimes insane devotion and commitment to communication.” WayArtSometimesFormArtistBeliefGenerationsCommunicationMusicianCommitmentDevotionInsaneBeing An ArtistMaking A LivingPrevious Generations Author:David Finckel