#ay

I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean. ↗

— Philip Glass

#great #happy #i #know #maybe

For hundreds of years people have talked about artists having inspiration, but often, some persons would say, write us a symphony or write us a song, on commission. The artists would come up with a masterpiece without waiting to have their muse inspire them. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#artists #come #commission #having #hundreds

When I listen to music today, it is about 99 percent classical. I rarely even listen to folk music, the music of my own specialty, because folk music is to me more limited than classical music. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#because #classical #classical music #even #folk

How sweet it is! ↗

— Jackie Gleason

#how #sweet

My biggest weakness is patience, wanting to see things happen too quickly or get changes in place right away. Not having the patience to let things develop. ↗

— Paul Gleason

#biggest #changes #develop #get #happen

My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play any kind of soft or mournful music with that so I took up the fiddle in my late 20s or early 30s - and that was far too late. But it keeps me off the streets. It has been a love of mine since I was 17 maybe. ↗

— Brendan Gleeson

#banjo #been #down #early #far

This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. ↗

— John Glenn

#century #day #managed #quarter

I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#anyway #asset #assumed #because #expected

Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting; it's something far, far deeper than that. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#communication #deeper #far #good #interesting

My first real foreign holiday was my honeymoon 20 years ago, and we went to Bali. It was particularly special for that reason, I enjoyed it very much - I had packed music scores and a practice drum pad, suspecting that I would be completely bored, but actually they remained in my case. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#ago #bali #bored #case #completely