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"Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself."
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"People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas."
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"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway."
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"Strains of music spring up, crystallizing in the night air like rain turning suddenly to snow, drifting to earth."
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"I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls."
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"Music is happiness with a steady pulse."
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"Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory."
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"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows."
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"If you have a recital to do, you have to memorize the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It produces an instant barrier, both for yourself and the audience."
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"I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs."
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"In my view a jazz musician is a great musician."
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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."
Music
"As for sacred polyphony, there is no reason to be afraid of it."
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"It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred music relegated to the scrap heap."
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"The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days."
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"But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing."
People
"When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith."
Faith
"Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy."
Music
"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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"At St. Francis de Sales in Atlanta, we do not have an organ. We do not have rehearsals during the week. We do not have a professional choir."
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"The pastor of a parish will typically have no education in the chant or in music, and he will hire the first music director who walks through the door."
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