#classic

Well, Betsy," he said, "your mother tells me that you are going to use Uncle Keith's trunk for a desk. That's fine. You need a desk. I've often noticed how much you like to write. The way you eat up those advertising tablets from the store! I never saw anything like it. I can't understand it though. I never write anything but checks myself. " "Bob!" said Mrs. Ray. "You wrote the most wonderful letters to me before we were married. I still have them, a big bundle of them. Every time I clean house I read them over and cry." "Cry, eh?" said Mr. Ray, grinning. "In spite of what your mother says, Betsy, if you have any talent for writing, it comes from family. Her brother Keith was mighty talented, and maybe you are too. Maybe you're going to be a writer." Betsy was silent, agreeably abashed. "But if you're going to be a writer," he went on, "you've got to read. Good books. Great books. The classics. ↗

— Maud Hart Lovelace

#classics #encouragment #fathers #great-books #mothers

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself. ↗

— Lesley Garrett

#classically #herself #inspired #julie #julie andrews

It wasn't all spent on practicing, I did do other things! but the classical guitar means a lot to me so I spend many hours building good chops and getting a good program together. ↗

— Jim Sullivan

#chops #classical #classical guitar #did #getting

There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. ↗

— Andy Summers

#classical #classical guitar #college #come #guitar

I was really exposed to great old-time literature - the classics, the poetic realists like Strindberg and Ibsen and all those guys. I was really inspired by all those guys. That's when writing became a primary focus. ↗

— Kurt Sutter

#classics #exposed #focus #great #guys

He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that weird otherworldly vibe - all these elements got onto the record. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#classical #crazy #elements #even #folk

Actually, I've had very little classical training, although I love listening to classical music very much. ↗

— Benny Green

#although #classical #classical music #classical training #had

I have a very classic take on fashion. I like my accessories to pop, but in general, my style is pretty classic. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#classic #fashion #general #i #like

I trained as a classical guitarist but that was it. ↗

— Colin Greenwood

#guitarist #i #trained

If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day. ↗