#hears

Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale. You don't want it to be too comfortable. In fact, a good sound check, a good rehearsal usually means a bad performance. ↗

— John Zorn

#bad performance #check #classical #comfortable #fact

Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason. ↗

— Marie de France

#ancient #art #before #best #breton

The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat. ↗

— Joe DiMaggio

#bat #before #crack #hears #long

A person hears only what they understand. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#only #person #understand

Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place. ↗

— Garth Hudson

#bar #bars #become #country #fortunately

Life is not a dress rehearsal. ↗

— Rose Tremain

#life #rehearsal

I don't rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#better #even #i #i am #keep

My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

#band #i #rather #rehearse #tell

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them. ↗