“Yes, alas, I've been on some recording sessions where the music wasn't good. Not so many, really, considering how many I've done. It's a very awkward situation because to do a recording well you focus on the positive of what will make the piece better.” WellsDoneSituationFocusPiecesAwkwardConsideringAlasSessionAwkward Situations Author:Tony Levin
“Alas! fond child, How are thy thoughts beguil'd To hope for honey from a nest of wasps? Thou may'st as well Go seek for ease in hell, Or sprightly nectar from the mouths of asps. The world's a hive, From whence thou canst derive No good, but what thy soul's vexation brings: But case thou meet Some petty-petty sweet, Each drop is guarded with a thousand stings.” WorldWellsMayChildrenSoulCasesHellSweetThousandMouthsEaseHoneyAlasPettyNestsGuardedHivesNectarVexationWasps Book:Emblems divine and moral Source: Emblems divine and moral
“Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.” IfsMenWellsPoorDestinyShadowWetStrokesAlasWipePoor ManUnkindSponges Book:Aeschylus II: The Oresteia Source: Aeschylus II: The Oresteia