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William Christopher Handy

"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me."

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"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me."

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William Christopher Handy
"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."
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William Christopher Handy
"Nature was my kindergarten."
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William Christopher Handy
"With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds."
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William Christopher Handy
"The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day."
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William Christopher Handy
"I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro."
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William Christopher Handy
"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."
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William Christopher Handy
"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me."
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William Christopher Handy
"I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee."
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William Christopher Handy
"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."
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William Christopher Handy
"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out."

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"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."

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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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"You can cage the singer but not the song."

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"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty."

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

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"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

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"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."

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"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

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