#la

One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#looking #one thing #players #really #sounded

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#give #got #i #i think #ourselves

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#even #instruments #late #more #most

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#english #find #manipulate #quite #singers

Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#every #humans #imperfect #jazz #life

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#culture #gave #i #left #popular

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#funk #going #i #jazz #licks

If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station? ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#like #playing #point #sound #station

If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#because #elusive #hard #hold #how

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice. ↗

— Deng Xiaoping

#black or white #cat #catches #long #matter