“In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.” ThinkingLooksAttitudeStudentsMusic IsRegardSomething NewPerpetual Author:David Sanborn
“Zazen's music is composed in other dimensions and it is played by some of my students. I go through the music they have played with my aura and wash out anything impure.” StudentsMusic IsDimensionsRamaAuras Author:Frederick Lenz
“I tell my students one of the most important things they need to know is when they are at their best, creatively. They need to ask themselves, What does the ideal room look like? Is there music? Is there silence? Is there chaos outside or is there serenity outside? What do I need in order to release my imagination?” KnowsNeedsLooksDoeImportantOrderAsksImaginationRoomsSilenceStudentsMusic IsIdealsImportant ThingsChaosReleaseSerenitySilence IsMy Imagination Author:Toni Morrison
“Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history. . . . All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago. All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written” TodayThreeSoundInterestAliveWrittenModernCenturyStudentsPeriodsMusic IsMusicalYesterdaySignificantSignificanceOld FashionedAgelessOld MusicBad Music Author:Peter Warlock
“Teenagers are passionate and they want music that speaks within their hearts. It's a big deal for students to listen to Christian music and talk about it at school. Music is a very exciting element of your life when you're love. I think it's huge.” ThinkingWantHeartBigsSchoolChristianSpeakDealsStudentsHugeElementsMusic IsExcitingPassionateTeenagerBig DealChristian Music Author:Mark Hall
“...I think there's only one [thing] that anybody teaches, and this is character. And I think that whether you are teaching history, math, or biology, or music, what you are really doing is, you are helping to shape the character of that person who is your student... Music is such a wonderful teaching tool, because while you are developing musical skills, that student can learn a lot about discipline [and] cooperation.” ThinkingPersonsCharacterHelpingTeachWonderfulOne ThingTeachingStudentsDisciplineShapesSkillsMusic IsToolsMusicalMathDevelopingBiologyCooperationTeaching History Author:Rich Mullins
“I'm a cinephile. I love movies, I love film at every level. I'm a student of it. It informs me as does all art in my music, because there's stories, there's acts, there's moods, there's dynamics, there's moodiness, emotion. All of those things that play into a film. I think that could equally be said about music. It definitely informs me. Beats is stories.” ThinkingDoeArtSaidPlayStoriesFilmLevelsEmotionStudentsMusic IsBeatsMoodDynamicsMovie LoveLove FilmsMoodiness Author:Q-Tip
“I was inspired by what students have done in some schools organizing walkouts protesting the lack of funding and that sort of thing. There are opportunities for students to engage in those types of protests - taking to the streets - but there is also writing poetry, writing music, beginning to express themselves, holding forums, educating each other, the whole range.” WritingDoneWholeSchoolOpportunityStreetsStudentsTypeMusic IsInspiredRangeProtestFundingForumsWriting PoetryWriting Music Author:Michelle Alexander
“I teach a graduate seminar called "Theorizing Improvisation" that is pretty interdisciplinary, but really makes students deal with black studies seriously. A lot of authors of color, a lot of women of color - those become central to the intellectual trajectory. It considers music, but it also considers areas of thought that might seem unrelated to music. That's partly because we're expanding the notion of what music is beyond objects, beyond scores, beyond things.” BlackTeachStudyStudentsMusic IsIntellectualGraduatesImprovisation Author:Vijay Iyer
“The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees.” GivingLittlesBeautifulMusicStudyTreeAdviceStudentsFlowerOceanMusic IsBiggerInstrumentsIslandsSunshineRock N RollMusic LoveVery Beautiful Author:Andres Segovia