“It is necessary for us to explain the involuntary repugnance we possess for the nature and personality of the Jews. The Jews have never produced a true poet. Heinrich Heine reached the point where he duped himself into a poet, and was rewarded by his versified lies being set to music by our own composers. He was the conscience of Judaism, just as Judaism is the evil conscience of our modern civilization.” LyingEvilModernPoetPersonalityCivilizationConscienceJewComposerJudaismInvoluntaryModern Civilization Author:Richard Wagner
“Natural emotion is the soul of poetry, as melody is of music; the same faults are engendered by over-study of either art; there is a lack of sincerity, of irresistible impulse in both the poet and the, composer.” ArtSoulNaturalEmotionStudyPoetFaultsImpulseMelodySincerityComposerIrresistible Book:Poets of America Source: Poets of America
“Bob Moses, composer, drummer, poet, artist, conceptualizer, inspirer of people, has created a musical environment that is balanced between discipline and freedom, compositional design and spontaneous inspiration. A party with a purpose. This album is original, soulful, funny and very special. I hope a lot of people get as much enjoyment from it as I have.” PeopleInspirationPurposeArtistPartyEnvironmentSpecialDesignPoetDisciplineOriginalsMusicalAlbumsEnjoymentComposerBobBalancedSpontaneousMosesDrummerSoulful Author:Gil Evans
“The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve.” ThinkingKnowsWantActorsPoetActressesThrivePoetry IsComposerActors And Actresses Author:George Bernard Shaw
“When we look at the arts and letters in America, especially if we look at poetry, and poetry set to music, this dialogue, we have this very powerful beautiful, eclectic, diary, or narration of being in America, being American, participating in America, becoming more of America and also as an American, the American creative spirit, which is quite interesting. Our composers and poets have spent more time writing and thinking and speaking out of what it means to be a composer or poet as well as to be an American, or a composer or poet In America; both relationships.” ThinkingWritingMeanArtBeautifulSpiritInterestingPowerfulCreativePoetDialogueComposerVery PowerfulEclecticSpeaking Out Author:Thomas Hampson
“An artist makes something to be physically experienced by another person. It's a raw, freely chosen, interpersonal relationship between the maker and the viewer, so it's close to what a musical composer does, or a poet or a dancer. It is coming out of one's inner being.” ArtistPoetMusicalChosenDancerComposer Author:Philip Taaffe
“I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist worth a damn in this country was terribly opposed to that war, finally, when it became evident what a fiasco and meaningless butchery it was. We formed sort of a laser beam of protest. Every painter, every writer, every stand-up comedian, every composer, every novelist, every poet aimed in the same direction. Afterwards, the power of this incredible new weapon dissipated.” WarCountryArtistGuyPoetIncrediblesPainterComedianProtestMeaninglessComposerLoyalVietnam War Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment?” ShouldIdeasDifferentFantasySubjectsInspireStrangePoetGuiltyFlamesTreatmentComposer Author:Franz Schubert