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Richard Morris

"Even Catholic parishes today are not wanting for talent. But no serious singer or organist will get anywhere near the typical music program, at least if he wants to retain his self-respect."

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"Even Catholic parishes today are not wanting for talent. But no serious singer or organist will get anywhere near the typical music program, at least if he wants to retain his self-respect."

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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

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"Great songs don't grow on trees, yet lots of songs have been written on great trees."

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"Music can touch that deepest portion of the soul where nothing else can reach. It can fill our hearts with indescribable ecstasy."

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"Music is the language of the heart, it makes our soul dance with joy."

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

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"Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars."

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"Music is the fertilizer for heart to bloom the flower of love and peace."

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"All truthful music is familiar to the ear, for its notes were written into our souls long ago."

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"Music opens the window of the soul to let the nectar of life come in."

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"Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense."

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"All you hear Catholics turning out these days are pop versions of the old Protestant anthems."
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"Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy."
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"Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed."
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"Inaudible prayers, particularly of the Canon, which at first don't seem to have anything to do with music, end up being a very important part of the aesthetic of the traditional structure of the Mass."
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"When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith."
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"Thus the slogan should be reversed: Catholics taught the world what music is supposed to sound like, and, more importantly, what it is supposed to mean."
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"Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music."
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"As for sacred polyphony, there is no reason to be afraid of it."
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"For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith."
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"But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing."
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