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That is sacrilegious. You just totally dissed man code. If we don’t have man code, the world will fall apart." Kip Paxton

That Raymond was something," Nestor said. "Very talented." "Perhaps not the best pianist." Bocha grimaced apologetically, as if compelled to put that evaluation on the record. "He used to tell me he was basically faking it on the piano," Pescatore said. "He said he played just well enough to get into trouble.

The greatest artists express their inner self; an artist paints her rage; a writer pens his fear; a dancer expresses her sadness through movement; and a musician's loneliness echoes in his performance.

The music that enters your soul is greater than the melody that enters your ears.

The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of bringing life to poetry.

There are 2 kinds of artists, essentially: those who want to make something popular, and those who want to make something dignified. But then there is still that rare hybrid case, and perhaps by that unintentional stroke of genius, in which one's work uncontrollably becomes both popular and dignified yet beyond its time.

There is something special missing in this world. That something special is in you. Do your own thing. Master it & perfect it. Don’t throw away something you have for something other people have. You might be throwing away something bigger than what they have.

There is still a future with music, because people still want music.

There’s secrets hiding inside this six-string just waitin’ for somebody to find ‘em and turn ‘em into music.

The saxophone does not speak that language. The saxophone speaks the language of the underground, the jaded melancholy of the half-light—grimy and sexy and sweaty and hard. It is the language of orphans and bastards and whores.

The saxophone is the cocaine of the woodwind family, the sax teacher continues. Saxophonists are admired because they are dangerous, because they have explored a darker, more sinister side of themselves.

The whirligig featured a drummer, a trumpet player, a clarinetist, and a man with a trombone. It was a leap beyond the spouting whale, with more figures, a six-bladed propeller, and a much more complex system of rods and pivots that made the instruments dip and rise as if the musicians were marching.

The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.

They all believed in him because of the authenticity of his musical talent and his faith in it.

Things evolve into other things. Emotions do the same. Forever. Your best ally in all of these shifting seas is your faith in the fact that you are exactly where you are supposed to be. Stay put. Stay soft. Stay gentle and kind. Listen to your instincts. Meditate. Pray. Laugh as much as humanly possible. Pain is ok too. Say thank you for all of it. Feel proud that you have spent most of your life's energy on cultivating a strong connection to your own soul and the will of your heart. It is leading you somewhere deeply satisfying, but never perfect.

This world can be quite wonderful once you let yourself be a part of it. It’s on your side, you know?

To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different; to be valuable, be unique; to be priceless, be yourself.

Trump is not a president who got caught in a lie — he is a mobster who got caught being president.

Ultimately, musicians of the world must come realise the potential of their calling. Like the shamans, we may serve as healers, metaphysicians, inciters, exciters, spiritual guides and sources of inspiration. If the musician is illuminated from within, he becomes a lamp that lights other lamps. Then he is serving planet and its people, healing what ails us. Such music is truly important. It is said that “only one who obeys can truly command.” When the artist is immersed in a services, giving himself up over and over again, another paradox occurs: He is being seen by all others as a master.

We put the fun in dysfunctional.

When all else fails, there is music. When that fails you, there is beer.

When can you understand that the music you play is very good? It is when people look at you but see no one, no one but the music!

When I discovered music — when I discovered the craft of shaping a song — my being fell into place.

When it's easier to buy a cache of assault weapons than cast a vote — expect massacres to be the norm.

When you play music you discover a part of yourself that you never knew existed.

When you're doing something that you love, it's never work. It's just you being you.

When you scratch these guitars, they bleed.

Who can slap it, go deep with it, give you that FUNKY stuff, and get the crowd moving to the sound of pure perfection? BASSIST.

Why I write music? Because it hurts not to.

A devastating culmination of the elegant and the funky, a really sensational musician with enormous depth.

The man held himself still and turned his milk-flooded eyes on her. Fin felt something like vertigo and knew that, though blind, he was seeing. He wasn’t looking at her or past her. He was looking into her. And what he saw, he judged. “Is very good.

We are all beautiful instruments of God. He created many notes in music so that we would not be stuck playing the same song. Be music always. Keep changing the keys, tones, pitch, and volume of each of the songs you create along your journey and play on. Nobody will ever reach ultimate perfection in this lifetime, but trying to achieve it is a full-time job. Start now and don't stop. Make your book of life a musical. Never abandon obligations, but have fun leaving behind a colorful legacy. Never allow anybody to be the composer of your own destiny. Take control of your life, and never allow limitations implanted by society, tell you how your music is supposed to sound — or how your book is supposed to be written.

We are here as a reminder that the world is not better off without you.

Well it was one of those days Larger than life When your friends came to dinner And they stayed the night And then they cleaned out the refrigerator And ate everything in sight And then they stayed up in the livingroom And cried all night Strange angels Singing just for me Old stories Haunting me This is nothing Like I thought it would be . . . .

We love music deeply, but why? Put simply: music makes lives, shapes lives, expresses all shades and stages of life - and even saves lives.

Write the masterpiece that has not been written. Sing the masterpiece that has not been sung. Paint the masterpiece that has not been painted. Create the masterpiece that has not been created.

You can't make a fan of everyone. Stay true to your story, characters, music, art or whatever it is you do and fuck everyone else who doesn't like it. Life isn't perfect.

You have to hear this guy play. It's unreal, like he's telling a complete story in his solos. And it's a story you feel like you know, because you relate to the emotional content, but there's always a surprise too.

Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success.

A, C, and G are the only chords any honest musician needs.

A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a philosopher for temperance.

A conundrum of music is that music brings people together, yet to become a skilled musician involves a certain amount of lonely time in which you're just figuring it out, practicing.

A good musician can do more to change society than 30 average mayors.

A genius! For 37 years I've practised fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius!

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son.

A good song is a good song, and good musicians can play all different styles.

A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught

A grandmaster must memorize thousands of chess duels in his head, as these are for him what words of the mother tongue are to the ordinary people and what notes are to a musician.

A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.

A good song and good musicians can really move mountains.