“Each man, if he attempts to join himself to others, is on all sides cramped and diminished of his proportion; and the stricter theunion, the smaller and the more pitiful he is. But leave him alone, to recognize in every hour and place the secret soul, he will go up and down doing the works of a true member, and, to the astonishment of all, the work will be done with concert, though no man spoke.” IfsMenSoulDoneSidesHoursSecretMembersProportionSpokesConcertsIndividualismUp And DownAstonishmentPitiful Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money to buy a new piano in our little church.” YearsLittlesChurchFiveMembersGardenRaisedPianoFive YearsConcertsFive Year OldsChurch Members Author:Al Jarreau
“I am still very proud of that concert. In America, the (musicians') connection with the conductor is as with management - it becomes political. You cannot conduct properly in this environment. I hate this enemy situation between management and orchestra members.” StillsAmericaPoliticalHateSituationEnemyEnvironmentProudMembersMusicianConnectionsI HateManagementConcertsOrchestraConductor Author:Neeme Jarvi