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“To grow a melody?" "You can't grow a melody on purpose,” she said, and slyly added, “you have to plant an accidental.”

Book:Son of a Witch

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Son of a Witch

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Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is an American novelist known for his reinterpretation of classic fairy tales. His works are characterized by profound moral implications and rich imagination, which have won him a wide audience. more

“Two people, two hands, and two songs, in this case "Big Shot" and "Bette Davis Eyes." The lyrics of the two songs provided no commentary, honest or ironic, on the proceedings. They were merely there and always underfoot, the insistent gray muck that was pop culture. It stuck to our shoes and we tracked it through our lives.”

Life Music Pop Culture Commentary Songs

Book:Sag Harbor

Source: Sag Harbor

“He had a clear, lyrical voice and his songs remained in her ears long after the music had ended.”

Voice Music Memory

Book:Eight Million Gods and Demons

Source: Eight Million Gods and Demons

“Opera lovers may be the narrowest people in the world.”

Music Opera

Book:After the Quake

Source: After the Quake

“Don’t let one bad moment steal your peace; one cloud doesn’t define the sky. Life is too short to waste on negativity.”

Life Inspirational Inspiration Motivational Life Lessons Motivation Hope Positive

Book:The Light in the Heart

Source: The Light in the Heart

“Listen to this, Nimit. Follow Coleman Hawkins' improvised lines very carefully. He is using them to tell us something. Pay very close attention. He is telling us the story of the free spirit that is doing everything it can to escape from within him. That same kind of spirit is inside me, inside you. There--you can hear it, I'm sure: the hot breath, the shivering heart. (Thailand)”

Music Free Spirit

Book:After the Quake

Source: After the Quake

“Don't worry about the future, sooner or later it's the past. If they say the feeling's gone then it's time to take it back.”

Inspirational Music Though Provoking

Author:Meat Loaf

“The music brought us what it seemed / We had long desired, but in a form / so rarefied there was no emptiness of sensation”

Music The Mythological Poet

Book:Some Trees

Source: Some Trees

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