#ear

And books that were published in much larger numbers than Selfish, Little are hard to find. And publishers who wanted to publish my last few works have them stuck in limbo while new distribution ideas and legal issues and fears are blown away. ↗

— Peter Sotos

#blown #blown away #books #distribution #fears

One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre. ↗

— David Soul

#certain #church #community #football #football team

At only 20 years old I got married. I was still a kid myself, but in those times, if you got someone pregnant, you had no choice but to get married. So I left school and the only thing I could do was sing. ↗

— David Soul

#could #get #get married #got #had

Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#anybody #heart #music #public #quite

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds? ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#central #composition #conductor #convey #does

The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the greatest on earth. And to me, as I was engaged in weaving a background of music for the pageantry of it, there came a deeper realization of the effect of that office on the man. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#background #came #deeper #earth #effect

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#bad #composers #good #good music #hear

As the years have gone on, I find one of the dangers of watching dailies... is you fall in love with moments. ↗

— Kevin Spacey

#dangers #fall #find #gone #i

To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit. ↗

— Robert Fripp

#bill #heart #jazz #kit #me

Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values. ↗