I'm not trying to justify myself, or say I'm not sorry, or not contrite.
I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.
If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?
I've never heard anything Wynton [Marsalis] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His music sounds like a talented high-school trumpet player to me. . . he's jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty.
If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound.
Creativity is what makes humanity move. We were created to participate.
Ideally, I'd like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless.
They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.
Our kids grew up here [in the White House]. Some of our best friends have been made here in this place. There have been moments that were highlights for us - that - you know, are going to be hard to duplicate.
I never met a chocolate I could not eat.
Meet the disorder in the outset, the medicine may be too late, when the disease has gained ground through delay.