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“Toyish airs please trivial ears.”

Music Air Please Ears

Book:Emblems, divine and moral; The school of the heart [really by C. Harvey] and Hieroglyphies of the life of man

Source: Emblems, divine and moral; The school of the heart [really by C. Harvey] and Hieroglyphies of the life of man

“Music must never offend the ear, but must please the listener, or, in other words, must never cease to be music.”

Music Please Ears Cease Listeners Famous Musician

Book:The Letters of Mozart and His Family

Source: The Letters of Mozart and His Family

“Music the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm. Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please; Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above.”

Pain Joy Grief Music Fate Please Despair Madness Rage Ease Bliss Charm

Book:The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice of the author

Source: The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice of the author

“This song is for the guy who keeps yelling from the balcony, and it's called 'We hate you, please die.'”

Guy Hate Song Dies Music Please Hate You Yelling Pilgrim Balconies

Author:Bryan Lee O'Malley

“My life has always been my music, it's always come first, but the music ain't worth nothing if you can't lay it on the public. The main thing is to live for that audience, 'cause what you're there for is to please the people.”

People Ifs Firsts Causes Music Audience Please Lays Jazz Musical

Author:Louis Armstrong

“An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.”

Artist Music Please Entertainers

Author:Artie Shaw

“I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please.”

Trying Play Asks Forget Music Destiny Football Please Ask Me Piano Meant To Be Composer Were Meant To Be

Author:Samuel Barber