The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.Igor Stravinsky
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
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To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
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