#rite

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry. ↗

— Ennio Morricone

#beethoven #bernard #did #happens #himself

And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem. ↗

— Richard Morris

#fix #larger #long-term #precondition #problem

You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program of any quality, consistent with the Roman rite tradition. ↗

— Richard Morris

#catholic #churches #consistent #count #country

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#book #hasn #must #read #want

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#book #hasn #must #read #really

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#familiar #familiarize #imagine #mystify #power

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#american writers #being #called #enjoy #native

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple. ↗

— Van Morrison

#i do #i write #job #later #maybe

It blows my mind the way Frank Miller can write. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#frank #miller #mind #way #write

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt. ↗

— John Mortimer

#life #milk #modern #shelf #shelf life