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“Memory is... similar to anticipation: an instrument of simplification and selection.”

Memories Instruments Anticipation Selection Simplification

Author:Alain de Botton

“Porter Rockwell was that most terrible instrument that can be handled by fanaticism; a powerful physical nature welded to a mind of very narrow perceptions, intense convictions, and changeless tenacity. In his build he was a gladiator; in his humor a Yankee lumberman; in his memory a Bourbon; in his vengeance an Indian. A strange mixture, only to be found on the American continent”

Mind Found Memories Powerful Strange Terrible Perception Instruments Conviction Intense Indian Continents Vengeance Yankees Mixtures Fanaticism Tenacity Bourbon

Book:The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon Principle

Source: The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon Principle

“I had never heard anyone play like Benny Goodman and had never seen anyone like him on the stage. I realize now that what impressed me and stayed with me in memory was - the sounds he made. He played so purely. The music seemed to come from him, not just the instrument he played with such mastery.”

Made Play Sound Realizing Memories Heard Stage Instruments Mastery Impressed Goodman

Author:Marian Seldes

“Memory is just as much of an instrument as anything else in music, so I wanted to create soundscapes that are evocative of places that only exist in your head - that's where the fun, psychedelic stuff happens anyway.”

Happens Wanted Fun Stuff Memories Instruments Psychedelic Stuff Happens

Author:Alan Palomo