"Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition."

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"Music is the melody whose text is the world."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"Harpists spend half their life tuning and the other half playing out of tune."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"Music is the language of the soul and the expression of deep inner feelings."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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Martin Luther, German Leader

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Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am wondering whether some music can follow you for ever."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"No one can any longer write in the fat style of Strauss. That was killed by Stravinsky. He stripped the body of much of its clothes. Music is the craft of building structures with sound and that is what Stravinsky represents."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

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"Music is healing and soothing. It is the universal language of kindness and love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish."

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"That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise."

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"For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop."

Talent

"Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled."

Trouble

"Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it."

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"When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in."

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"Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all."

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"One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening."

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"Music is the melody whose text is the world."

"Harpists spend half their life tuning and the other half playing out of tune."

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

"Music is the language of the soul and the expression of deep inner feelings."

"Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God."

"What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order."

"They say that the eyes of some paintings can follow you around the room, a fact that I doubt, but I am wondering whether some music can follow you for ever."

"No one can any longer write in the fat style of Strauss. That was killed by Stravinsky. He stripped the body of much of its clothes. Music is the craft of building structures with sound and that is what Stravinsky represents."

"Music is healing and soothing. It is the universal language of kindness and love."

"Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish."

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"That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise."

"For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop."

"Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled."

"Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities."

"So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music."

"Trust your ability!"

"Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it."

"When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in."

"Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all."

"One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening."