“When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.” ThinkingSpeakMusicListeningComposerListenersGifted Author:Aaron Copland
“I felt that film (Let It Be) was set up by Paul for Paul. That is one of the main reasons the Beatles ended. I can't speak for George, but I pretty damn well know we got fed up of being sidemen for Paul. After Brian died, that's what happened, that's what began to happen to us. The camera work was set up to show Paul and not anybody else. And that's how I felt about it.” KnowsWellsI CanReasonShowsHappensFilmSpeakFeltMusicHappenedMusic IsDiedCamerasDamnFedsFed UpBrian Author:John Lennon
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” LifeWisdomBeautifulSpeakMusicKnowledgeListeningWords Of WisdomMusicianAthleteEdgesIntelligenceDeep ThoughtNew BeginningsListening To MusicJust ListenGuitaristKnowledge WisdomJazz MusicianListen To YourselfKnowledge Is PowerEnrichingKnowledge And WisdomListening To OthersKnowledge And UnderstandingRock MusiciansEffective ListeningOld WisdomSpeaking My MindSpiritual Education Author:Jimi Hendrix
“Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.” MaySoulActionMovingSpeakMusicHeavenlyRighteous Book:The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson
“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups...I want to speak to their souls.” PeopleWantSoulHelpingSpiritualDesireHumanitySpeakMusicPossibilityExpressionMusic IsJazzJazz MusicianFree Jazz Author:John Coltrane
“Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics or the expression of our love and our faith, music proves: We are the same.” PeopleHeartDoeMatterTogetherFormSpiritSpeakLanguageEmotionMusicColorExpressionProveMusic IsNo Matter WhatOur LoveInspirational MusicMusic LifeMusic And LifeMusic Is LifeGreatest Music Author:John Denver
“Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.” MeanSpeakSoundMusicSubjectsNotesCombinationMusic Speaks Author:Eduard Hanslick
“The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.” ArtSpeakPowerfulMusicEffectsMusic IsShadowEssence Book:The World as Will and Representation Source: The World as Will and Representation
“Jazz speaks for life. This is triumphant music.” SpeakMusicJazzTriumphant Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The bare earth, plantless, waterless, is an immense puzzle. In the forests or beside rivers everything speaks to humans. The desert does not speak. I could not comprehend its tongue; its silence...” HumansDoeEarthSpeakSoundWaterSilenceMusicListeningQuietRainRiversHearingTongueForestsNoiseDesertImmensePuzzles Author:Pablo Neruda
“The devaluation of music and what it's now deemed to be worth is laughable to me. My single costs 99 cents. That's what a single cost in 1960. On my phone, I can get an app for 99 cents that makes fart noises - the same price as the thing I create and speak to the world with. Some would say the fart app is more important. It's an awkward time. Creative brains are being sorely mistreated.” WorldI CanImportantSpeakBrainMusicCreativeCostPhonesNoiseCentsAwkward1960sFartAppsLaughableMistreated Author:Vince Gill
“Even in the most beautiful music, there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence. Silence is more important than ever, as life today is full of noise. We speak a lot about environmental pollution but not enough about noise pollution.” ImportantEnoughTodayBeautifulSpeakSilenceMusicImportanceEnvironmentalNoiseWitnessPollutionSilence IsBeautiful MusicEnvironmental PollutionNoise Pollution Author:Andrea Bocelli
“At this time the fashion is to bring something to jazz that I reject. They speak of freedom. But one has no right, under pretext of freeing yourself, to be illogical and incoherent by getting rid of structure and simply piling a lot of notes one on top of the other. There's no beat anymore. You can't keep time with your foot. I believe that what is happening to jazz with people like Ornette Coleman, for instance, is bad. There's a new idea that consists in destroying everything and find what's shocking and unexpected; whereas jazz must first of all tell a story that anyone can understand.” PeopleFirstsBelieveIdeasStoriesSpeakI BelieveMusicFeetFashionBeatsHappeningsStructureJazzNotesInstanceUnexpectedRejectsDestroyingNew IdeasShockingMonkJazz MusicPretextIllogicalDestroying Everything Author:Thelonious Monk
“It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you talk extemporaneously with the horn. It’s a wonderful thing to speak extemporaneously, which is something I’ve never gotten the hang of. But musically I love to talk just off the top of my head. And that’s what jazz music is all about.” SpeakLanguageMusicWonderfulMusic IsJazzSentencesScalesWonderful ThingsChordsHornsJazz MusicAlphabet Author:Stan Getz
“Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic.” IfsInspirationalArtBookSoulDreamBodyLightInspirationFilmSpeakWaterImaginationMusicTreeInfluenceStreetsPaintingDirectorsConversationShadowPhotographCloudsArchitectureConversionStealingAuthenticityProducersYour SoulBridgesFuelComposerOriginalityTheftSelectScreenwritersGraphic DesignDevouringArt And CreativityLight And ShadowArtists And CreativityInspirational ArtGraphic ArtistBeing AuthenticResonatingRelay RacesInspiration And ArtThieveryFilm MusicBeing OriginalBodies Of WaterGraphic Art Author:Jim Jarmusch