Category: Words of Wisdom

“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.“

— W.A. Mozart

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“The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.“

— Artur Schnbel

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“Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.“

— Miles Davis (1926-1991), American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer

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“When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.“

— Edgar Watson Howe (1853-1937), American novelist and journalist

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“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”

— Albert Einstein

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“Musical compositions, it should be remembered, do not inhabit certain countries, certain museums, like paintings and statues. The Mozart Quintet is not shut up in Salzburg: I have it in my pocket.”

— Henri Rabaud (1873-1949), French conductor and composer

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“I am tired before the concert, not afterward.“

— Artur Rubinstein

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“Over the years I hope I’ve become more of a musician and less of a guitarist.“

— Larry Coryell, jazz guitarist

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“I’ve never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.“

— Virgil Thomson

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“Music to me is like breathing – I don’t get tired of breathing, I don’t get tired of music.“

— Ray Charles (1930-2004)

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“What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.“

— Gustav Mahler

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“I believe that interpretation should be like a transparent glass,  a window for the composer’s music.“

— Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian conductor and virtuoso pianist

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