“Heartbreak is our indication of sincerity: in a love relationship, in a work, in trying to learn a musical instrument, in the attempt to shape a better more generous self. Heartbreak is the beautifully helpless side of love and affection and is just as much an essence and emblem of care as the spiritual athlete's quick but abstract ability to let go... But heartbreak may be the very essence of being human, of being on the journey from here to there, and of coming to care deeply for what we find along the way.” WayTryingHumansMaySelfCareSpiritualSidesAbilityJourneyShapesLetting GoEssenceInstrumentsMusicalAthleteAffectionGenerousAbstractSincerityHelplessBeing HumanIndicationLove RelationshipEmblemsMusical InstrumentsLove And Affection Author:David Whyte
“A river is nearly the ultimate symbol for the very essence of change itself. It flows unceasingly from one point of being to another, yet continuously occupies the same bed or pathway, and accommodates life's endings with the same musical grace with which it accommodates life's beginnings, along with all the muted and explosive moments that surface between the two extremes.” LifeTwoMomentsChangeGraceBedFlowRiversEssenceUltimateMusicalExtremesSurfaceSymbolsLife ChangingPathwaysAccommodateExplosivesTwo Extremes Book:The River of Winged Dreams Source: The River of Winged Dreams
“Sinatra is the essence of vocal style. This man has an innate quality of knowing what is good musically. You can sum that up best by saying that he has musical integrity. Even when he does a bad song, there's a good quality in the presentation.” MenDoeSongQualityKnowingStyleIntegrityEssenceMusicalInnateVocalPresentationGood Quality Author:Sammy Davis, Jr.
“The essence of pop stardom is immaturity - a wretched little pseudo-musical gift, a development of the capacity to shock, a short-lived notoriety, extreme depression, a yielding to the suicidal impulse.” LittlesDevelopmentCapacityEssenceMusicalExtremesPopsImpulseShockSuicidalWretchedImmaturityPseudoStardomShort LivedNotoriety Author:Anthony Burgess
“Art is a process of concentration. It is both the distilled essence and the commentary upon otherwise mundane activities and reflections. Musical notes must be charged, must gather more than one and the surface meaning, must reveal audible and "inaudible" connections to other notes, patterns, and meaning, either by way of affinity or contrast.” WayArtProcessActivityReflectionArt IsConnectionsEssenceNotesMusicalPatternsSurfaceConcentrationContrastMundaneCommentaryAffinityMusical Notes Author:Russell Sherman
“In essence, we string theorists have been trying to work out the score of the universe, the harmonies of the universe, the mathematical vibrations that the strings would play. So musical metaphors have been with us in science since the beginning.” TryingHas BeensPlayUniverseEssenceHarmonyMusicalMetaphorWork OutMathematicalScoreStringsVibrationsTheorists Author:Brian Greene
“I don't just write music to esthetically satisfy somebody. The reason I write music is that I feel it's a vehicle or channel which leads to your true self, your essence.” FeelsWritingSelfReasonMusicMusic IsEssenceJazzMusicalVehicleTrue Self Author:George Russell
“If they think they are doing something new, they ought to do what I do every day - spend at least two hours every day listening to Johann Sebastian Bach and, man, it's all there. If they want to improvise around a theme,which is the essence of jazz, they should learn from the master. He never wastes a note, and he knows where every note is going and when to bring it back. Some of these cats go way out and forget where they began or what they started to do. Bach will clear it up for them.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWayWantShouldTwoHoursForgetMusicLearningClearMastersListeningOughtWasteMusicianCatEssenceJazzNotesMusicalAfrican AmericanThemeSomething NewImprovisingMusic EducationMusic Teacher Author:Coleman Hawkins
“Music acts on the whole of the organism like a magic force which suppresses the understanding and irresistibly takes possession of the entire being. To insist on analysing this force is to destroy its very essence.” ArtWholeForceUnderstandingMusicMagicMusicianEssenceMusicalPossessionComposerOrganismsIrresistibleAnalysing Author:Emile Jaques-Dalcroze