#mel

Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch. ↗

— James Taylor

#basically #brazil #catch #cultures #extremely

When you write a song, it may come from a personal space, but it very seldom actually represents you. It comes out of a sort of mood of melancholy, somehow. It's almost theatrical. ↗

— James Taylor

#almost #come #comes #may #melancholy

By the end of it, you never know how it's going to turn out. Hopefully if I pick the right songs and put the right melodies on it and all the collaboration works out. it's a win-win situation. ↗

— Paul Taylor

#end #going #hopefully #how #i

I get like a melody that comes up and I try to write it down or record it. Hum it into a tape recorder or write it down on some manuscript paper. It could happen at any time, on the road or off the road, but mostly, you know, at home. ↗

— Paul Taylor

#comes #could #down #get #happen

Y’all might as well come on out,” I said. “I know you’re there. I can smell you.” “Smell me? But I just took a shower this morning!” an indignant voice drifted out of the shadows. There was a loud sound, like someone was getting smacked upside the head. Then another voice let out a low mutter. “Shut up, idiot. ↗

— Jennifer Estep

#billy #bobby #funny #gin-blanco #humor

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#greatest #homeless #homes #hungry #kind

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#audience #ever #extremely #foolish #outwit

There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#city #different #different kinds #exposed #fast

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd. ↗

— Lowell Thomas

#above #crowd #cut #distinction #head

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, all of which are gorgeous melodies, all being played simultaneously. ↗

— David Amram

#bach #being #chorale #four #going