"Music's all right John, but you'll never make a living out of it."
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"And Paul hits this chord, and I turn to him and say, 'That's it! Do that again!' In those days we really used to absolutely write like that - both playing into each other's noses."
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"Not without design does God write the music of our lives."
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"From now on all of my guitar solos will be in morse code."
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"The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God....Music is a gift and grace of God, not an invention of men. Thus it drives out the devil and makes people cheerful. Then one forgets all wrath, impurity, and other devices."
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"Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me; Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings And pressing the small, poised feet of a mother who smiles as she sings."
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"The glamour Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast Down in the flood of remembrance."
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"Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he's my favorite."
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"Ultimately, I want to make everyone horny."
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"When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't."
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"George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring ... I'd been trying to say ..Ah, tourings good and it keeps us sharp .. but finally I agreed with them"
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"The river was always there inside of me, but I was very shy. I could see that this was my path. I felt destiny in my own music."
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"Thank God I have music to vent my emotions. I'd be in a prison if I didn't."
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"I don't get anywhere meditating," she said. "I see people sitting there with their eyes closed, a smile on their lips or else grave-faced and arrogant, concentrating on absolutely nothing, convinced that they're in touch with God or with the Goddess. So instead, let's listen to some music together."
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"The book of love has music in it In fact that's where music comes from Some of it is just transcendental Some of it is just really dumb"
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"There has always been a strong relationship between music and religion. It is because they both plug directly into the heart and can have real power for good or evil."
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"Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words"
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"Experience, like a pale musician, holds a dulcimer of patience in his hand."
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"Any audience, as a rule, goes for a fast number."
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"This World is not Conclusion. A Sequel stands beyond- Invisible, as Music- But positive, as Sound."
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