“Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you.”
— Gustav Holst
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send me a message here.
“I can’t listen to Wagner that much. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.”
— Woody Allen
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send me a message here.
Note: I’ve been notified that the fabulous Clavier Companion magazine is looking for photos of interesting teaching spaces for a feature in their Jan/Feb 2013 issue! Of specific interest are photos showing efficient and creative uses of small teaching spaces. Submit your photos by Oct 22nd to [email protected]. Selected photos will be printed with a brief caption in the Jan/Feb issue. Please consider some sharing photos of your teaching space!
“All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing.”
— Louis Armstrong
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send me a message here.
“You can’t possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven’s Seventh and go slow.”
— Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket
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“Musical training is a more potent instrument for education than any other.”
— Plato
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send me a message here.
“Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture.”
— Thelonious Monk
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“Paint pictures with sound. First, find your white—the deepest, roundest sound you can play on the guitar. Then, find your black—which is the most extreme tonal difference from white you can play. Now, just pick the note where you’ve got white, pick it where you’ve got black, and then find all those colors in between. Get those colors down, and you’ll be able to express almost any emotion on the guitar.”
— Les Paul
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send me a message here.
“Music is the art…which most completely realizes the artistic idea and is the condition to which all the other arts are constantly aspiring.”
— Oscar Wilde
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send me a message here.
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
— Albert Schweitzer
(Special thanks to Soni for sending in this quote!)
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send me a message here.
“Music is well said to be the speech of angels.”
— Thomas Carlyle
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send me a message here.
“No music, no life. Know music, know life.”
— Unknown
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send me a message here.
“The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved by concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; the motions of his spirit are dull as night, and his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.”
— Shakespeare, from “The Merchant of Venice”
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send me a message here.
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