#to

I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high school plays. But when I discovered indie and punk music in high school, those things sort of took over. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#always #classes #discovered #drawn #during

You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play." (Eleanor) "Are you saying that I normally look as if I'm tending sheep? With straw in my hair? As if I might yodel? ↗

— Eloisa James

#historical-romance #beauty

We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#history #irony #tourists #wars #win

Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#because #being #democracy #dictatorship #discipline

Jazz isn't dead yet. It's the underpinning of everything in this country. Whether it's a Broadway show, or fusion, or right on through classical music, if it's coming out of the U.S., it's not going to survive unless it's got some jazz influence. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#broadway show #classical #classical music #coming #country

My knowledge of the state of President Roosevelt's health was derived entirely from conversations, from newspaper articles and from photographs. ↗

— David Bruce

#conversations #derived #entirely #health #knowledge

I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton. ↗

— Jack Bruce

#eric #eric clapton #i #know #last

We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans. ↗

— John Howard

#click #follow #heels #just #our

I think that musicians should never forget about the intimacy of bringing two people together, and the aesthetic transference where you're almost vicariously involved in a romance between other people. ↗

— Joe Williams

#aesthetic #almost #between #bringing #forget

My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#hamilton #hands #harmony #made #more