“As long as I focus on what I feel and don't worry about where I'm going, it works out. Having no expectations but being open to everything is what makes wonderful things happen. If I don't worry, there's no obstruction and life flows easily. It sounds impractical, but 'Expect nothing; be open to everything' is really all it is.” IfsFeelsLongHappensSoundWorryFocusWonderfulExpectationsFlowWork OutThings HappenWonderful ThingsObstructionExpect Nothing Author:Marketa Irglova
“Only sound common sense, respectable fellow that he is, in the homely realm of his own four walls, has very wonderful adventures directly he ventures out into the wide world of research.” WorldSoundCommonFourWonderfulAdventureWallResearchFellowsWideCommon SenseRealmsVentureRespectableHomelyFour Walls Book:Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Source: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
“For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.” KnowsImportantMatterFactsSoundChanceMy OwnForeverWonderfulElementsBuiltPerformancesImportant ThingsNuanceDrawbacksLive Performance Author:Aaron Copland
“When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but he that saith it never heard the sound of trumpets.” MenSaidSoundWiseWonderfulHeardSpeechPhilosopherArguingTrumpets Author:Plutarch
“When I'm writing a play I hear it like music. I use the same indications that a composer does for duration. There's a difference, I tell my students, between a semi-colon and a period. A difference in duration. And we have all these wonderful things, we use commas and underlining and all the wonderful punctuation things we can use in the same way a composer uses them in music. And we can indicate, as specifically as a composer, the way we want our piece to sound.” WayWantWritingDoePlayUseSoundDifferencesPiecesWonderfulStudentsPeriodsComposerWonderful ThingsIndicationDurationPunctuationPlaywriting Author:Edward Albee
“When I try to describe how I feel when you hold me, I get butterflies, I hear lullabies, it's hard to explain -- like the scent of a rose or the sound of the rain. It's too precious and too wonderful to give it a name.” GivingFeelsTryingHardNamesSoundWonderfulRainRoseButterflyScentHold MeLullabyI Get Butterflies Author:Christina Aguilera
“It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a few people on to jazz over the years.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsStillsStuffSoundWonderfulFansJazzOld Stuff Author:Donald Fagen
“Jeri Brown is a rare breed, who can not only produce a wonderful sound, which is expected from a singer, but can also be extremely creative and has the audacity to musically understand all that she is doing.” SoundCreativeWonderfulProduceExpectedSingersBrownCan NotAudacity Author:Rufus Reid
“I never question the way I write. Writing is the only thing that's without seams for me. It's an effort to talk because my pictures have to be turned into these sounds. It's an effort to be alive. It's work. But writing is wonderful.” WayWritingSoundEffortAliveWonderful Author:Augusten Burroughs
“There are so many wonderful classic roles, but I also would be really interested in developing something brand new. I think my heart would probably be in developing something brand new; I think that sounds really exciting.” ThinkingHeartWould BeSoundRolesWonderfulMy HeartExcitingBrandsDevelopingClassicBrand New Author:Sara Bareilles