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"I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed."

Success, Successful, Being

"For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out."

Sound, Trouble, Trying

"I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places."

Forget, Words, Wrong

"If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience."

Love, Planning

"Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last."

Blessing, Blessings

"Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well."

Night,

"If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us."

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"If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes."

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"In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it."

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"Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education."

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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Music, Preparation, Performance, Art

"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Music, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Power

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

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Music, Loneliness, Space

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

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Music, Truth, Memory, Happiness

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

Harry Belafonte, American Musician

Music, Song

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

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Music, Life, Meaning, Joy

"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 reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Music, Beauty, Soul, Revelation

"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."

Stephen King, American Author

Music, Regret, Power, Today

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

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Music, Heart, Soul, Heavenly