#pieces

That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#because #big #big problems #brahms #distressing

I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#familiarity #flashy #great #great deal #how

I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#am #any #i #i am #kids

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#common #every #fall #ideals #inevitably

I take little bits and pieces of ideas that I may or may not believe in but I give them to this character and he runs with them. I have fun with however he handles the situation. ↗

— Jhonen Vasquez

#bits #bits and pieces #character #fun #give

Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters. ↗

— Robert Englund

#english #facility #great #historic #horror

My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#bits and pieces #catch #cinema #european #films

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#into #leadership #pieces #prioritize #role

There's still a lot I need to do as a player, as a musician, as a sound creator. I have commissioned 170 pieces: that's still not enough, there are still lots and lots of composers I would like to approach. When I see a composer and I see a performer, I think to combine those forces. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#combine #commissioned #composer #composers #creator

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#because #busy #dark #dark side #denying