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“I bet you that's how God hears the world! Millions of sounds ascending at once and mixing in His ear to become an unending music, unimaginable to us!”

Book:Amadeus

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Amadeus

Amadeus is a historical drama that explores the life and career of the renowned composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, highlighting his personal struggles and the complexities of his relationship with his rival, Antonio Salieri. more

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Peter Shaffer

Peter Shaffer is a renowned British playwright known for his profound dramatic works. His plays often delve into themes of human nature, morality, and philosophy, with 'The Glass Menagerie' and 'Phedre' being his most famous works. more

“Of all existing entertainments, musical art is the most unfortunate, inactive, and uninteresting. The true function of music is not to entertain or distract, but to attract, collect, hypnotically concentrate the feelings and thoughts of the listeners. Our muse turns away from those who by their nature are not attracted to her. She punishes with severe boredom those who seek in her but the excitement of idle thought.”

Music

Book:The Muse and the Fashion

Source: The Muse and the Fashion

“A drum was gifted to you before you were born: the beat of your mother’s heart.”

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Author:Dr. Toni Sorenson

“Bob sat there stoned, his mind alternating between fantasies of gnawing on Hank's little fingers and pushing away the growing anxiety of graduation, with its implicit promises of a nine-to-five job, IRS-whittled paychecks, screaming kids, car in the shop, Pop in Ma's doghouse again, and settling into an easy chair watching the Reds and drinking a Schlitz for season after season until none of the kids could be sure where the chair ended and Pop began. And so on until death. Bob thought, If that guy can do it, I can. I'm going to learn to play the guitar.”

Music

Book:Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices

Source: Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices

“There is something between us that is still there and I know it will always be there.. You know the worst thing is, we both feel it even today but we behave like nothing ever happened. We talk like strangers, we have moved on like adults, but somewhere inside, we still carry pieces of each other... with unsaid love.. And it hurts to know that our connection survived… but we didn’t.”