“People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time.” PeopleIfsStatesWholeWantedCoursesAsksLeftMusicSeriesComplexesStatementsAsk MeAmbiguityAmerican Pie Author:Don McLean
“Oh, yes, of course I like music, too. Very much. It's so pleasant of an evening, especially when made by your friends at home. I often say I like it better than cards. Though I must say I do like a good game of bridge.” MadeHomeCoursesGamesMusicCardsEveningBridgesPleasant Author:Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“So we come together before you on this day, March 30th, 2015, with one voice in unity in the hopes that today will be another one of those moments in time, a moment that will forever change the course of music history.” FirstsMomentsTodayTogetherArtistCoursesVoiceChangeMusicForeverUnityEntertainmentMarchThis DayPlatformsMoments In Time Author:Alicia Keys
“Of course we've lost so many superstars who've made jazz what it is. We've lost so many musicians who created new things and changed the way we think about music and who took jazz to a new level. So jazz is suffering from that. But we still have a lot of incredible people playing jazz in the world. We have a lot of people leading the way.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayMadeStillsSufferingCoursesLostChangeLevelsMusicChangedCreatingMusicianJazzIncrediblesNew ThingsSuperstarPlaying JazzLeading The WayCreating New Things Author:George Benson
“The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.” ReasonCoursesMusicSuccessfulDarlingCharismaCharismatic Author:Freddie Mercury
“Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.” WayStillsFunnyCoursesMusicPositionMusicianTreatsJazzTreatedBlues Music Author:Count Basie
“I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would the history of aviation, of course.” IfsMeanHas BeensTwoDifferentCoursesMusicTwentiesPlanesAviationCrashTwenty TwoPlane CrashesHistory Of Music Book:Tom Stoppard: Plays Source: Tom Stoppard: Plays
“Of course we're doing it for the money. We've always done it for the money.” DoneCoursesMusic Author:Mick Jagger
“Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.” CoursesMusicJazzMusicalProfessionLive ByOccupationCompulsion Author:Duke Ellington
“Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents couldn't appreciate her music - it wouldn't appear to be hard work to them. Menolly shook her hands, letting them flap from her wrists. They ached and trembled from the constricted movements and tension of an hour of intensive playing. No, her parents would never understand that playing musical instruments could be as hard work as sailing or fishing.” LittlesHardHandsRunningCoursesEnergyLeftParentHoursLinesMusicLaughingMovementHard WorkAppreciateInstrumentsMusicalTensionFishingSailSailingExhaustingWristsMusical InstrumentsWhy Her Author:Anne McCaffrey
“The trouble with most musicians today is that they are copycats. Of course you have to start out playing like someone else. You have a model, or a teacher, and you learn all that he can show you. But then you start playing for yourself. Show them that you're an individual. And I can count those who are doing that today on the fingers of one hand.” I CanShowsHandsTodayCoursesIndividualMusicTeacherTroubleMusicianModelsJazzFingersCopycats Author:Lester Young