"Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens."
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"All music comes from God."
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"Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods."
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"A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'"
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"When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph."
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"I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs."
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"The trio is the biggest sound you can have with the smallest unit."
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"I kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it."
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"I'm very glad to have met you. I like your playing very much."
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"If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer."
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"Music is a great energizer. It's a language everybody knows."
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"I wanted to use some kind of name so people would know where I was from. So I took the name "bluegrass." There is not a prettier name in the whole world."
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"The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you."
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"I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast."
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"Truly to sing, that is a different breath."
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"Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startles out wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto."
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"Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me."
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"Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious."
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"Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once."
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"Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memories."
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