#classic

I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head. ↗

— John Fahey

#big #classical #classical music #compose #guitar

I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I reject that. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#classical #constantly #european #i #ideal

As Tom Robinson gave his testimony, it came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world. She was even lonelier than Boo Radley, who had not been out of the house in twenty-five years. When Atticus asked had she any friends, she seemed not to know what he meant, then she thought he was making fun of her. She was as sad, I thought, as what Jem called a mixed child: white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she was white. She couldn’t live like Mr. Dolphus Raymond, who preferred the company of Negroes, because she didn’t own a riverbank and she wasn’t from a fine old family. Nobody said, “That’s just their way,” about the Ewells. Maycomb gave them Christmas baskets, welfare money, and the back of its hand. Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her. But she said he took advantage of her, and when she stood up she looked at him as if he were dirt beneath her feet. ↗

— Harper Lee

#family

In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement. ↗

— Karen Kain

#ballets #cause #classical #excitement #getting

I feel like the high-concept shows that have some kind of gimmick tend not to be the hit classic shows of all time. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#feel #gimmick #hit #i #i feel

First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control. ↗

— Anatoly Karpov

#classical #control #first #first of all #go

There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made. ↗

— Jay Kay

#classic #days #fashion #get #good

There's nothing classic about what's around now. I am a bit old-school. There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made. ↗

— Jay Kay

#am #around #because #bit #classic

I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things. ↗

— Stacy Keach

#actor #also #basically #classical #great

The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio. ↗

— George Thorogood

#classic rock #lasted #only #radio #reason