#ck

To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama. ↗

— Junichiro Koizumi

#appeal #backdrop #beautiful #come #complete

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#i #know #moral #neck #never

Now, what tends to happen is that the stories get hyped. And the medicines are not quite as revolutionary and as dramatic as they seem to be. But, certainly, various phases of this problem are being attacked by the pharmaceutical companies. ↗

— Mort Kondracke

#being #certainly #companies #dramatic #get

I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#apart #car #checked #completed #days

It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#black #black and white #ego #involved #music

I've never hit anybody who hasn't clocked me two or three times. ↗

— Rip Torn

#clocked #hasn #hit #i #me

You can never turn your back on the ocean. ↗

— Rip Torn

#never #ocean #turn #you #your

I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble. ↗