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When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#audience #door #emotions #go #i

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion! ↗

— William McFee

#hour #man #moment #passion #some

I even knew some of the dialogue but it was definitely cool to look at. We always argue that the movies should be loyal but in this case I could argue that it might have been too loyal. ↗

— Todd McFarlane

#argue #been #case #cool #could

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow. ↗

— William McFee

#fate #fight #give #good #him

Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune. ↗

— William McFee

#doing #guarantee #misfortune #right

Then I came up with this crazy idea just to walk out on the stage with no band at all and just start singing whatever came to mind. I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#almost #band #became #because #came

I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done, but then the phone started to ring, and gradually, over time, I started conducting more and more. Now a third of my performances are with orchestras. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#bug #concert #conducting #did #done

I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then as a senior in high school I put together a jazz quintet called The Bobby Mack Jazz Quintet. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#bands #been #bobby #called #high

Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#african american #american #classical #classical music #contract

I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other. ↗

— John McGahern

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