I absolutely refused to make out with the gorgeous male model.
There is no reason why an atheist could not write a good Mass.
The art of music above all the other arts is the expression of the soul of a nation.
I have always found it difficult to study. I have learnt almost entirely what I have learnt by trying it out on the dog.
Music is the reaching out towards the utmost realities by means of ordered sound.
The attitude of foreign to English musicians is unsympathetic, self-opinionated and pedantic. They believe that their tradition is the only one (this is specially true of the Viennese) and that anything that is not in accordance with that tradition is "wrong" and arises from insular ignorance.
It never seems to occur to people that a man might just want to write a piece of music.
There's nothing more noble than a father and mother making an opportunity for their child, knowing that their life is gonna be hard. There's something incredibly heroic about that.
In general, I think there are some things that require time before you can talk about them. Some stuff that happened over the summer, for instance - the Philando Castile shooting, Alton Sterling, the police officers in Dallas - there was no room for jokes. But there are, of course, the policies that have given us those events. Now, there's a lot of room for jokes there. When you're looking at something difficult to talk about, there's always a sideways way in that feels a little less personal to people. That's where the joke lives.
Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely permitted to play and be passive.
I'm not saying you need to take a break because you're crazy. I'm saying you need to take a break so you can be crazy, and people aren't going to judge you. You're going to do dumb stuff from here on out. But do it in your own time. Do it safely. You can afford to protect yourself and still have fun.