We didn't know each other well enough yet to risk mucking around in any real way in each other's lives.
A melody is not merely something you can hum.
If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach.
I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience.
The melody is generally what the piece is all about.
You may feel depressed, but it can't be so depressing that you can't move. No, I would say that people create in moments when they are elated about expressing their depression!
Arthur V. Berger commenting on the music of Aaron Copland: Here is at last an American that we may place unapologetically beside the great recognized creative figures of any other country.
For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know
There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side.
Men and boys, we show our manhood through the way we treat our women. Our wives, our sisters, our mothers.