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The longest suicide note in history.

The marks on our lives are like music notes on the page--they sing a song.

The most important thing in music is what is not in the notes.

The nature of the contrapuntal experience is that every note has to have a past and a future on the horizontal plane.

Then at one point I did not need to translate the notes; they went directly to my hands

The nicest notes I've received from readers are those that tell me I've gotten them back into reading for entertainment. For me, there is no greater compliment.

The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had.

The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong.

The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

The process of writing is a process of learning; and much has become clearer to me in the attempt to transform my original rough notes into what I hope is an intelligible presentation.

The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent.

There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle.

There are notes between notes, you know.

There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.

There is nothing contemptible about an intoxicated man - if it is nothing more than a bookful of words or a roomful of notes that he has got drunk on.

There is no such thing as a wrong note.

There is something in me maybe someday to be written; now it is folded, and folded, and folded, like a note in school.

[The Republicans] are always asking the Muslims to denounce their extremists. And I agree with them. But they don't take that note and do it among their own. They don't denounce their own extremists.

There was a note on my dressing room table that said, Call Neil Young.

There’s no such thing as a wrong note.

The soft contralto notes of a woman's voice are born in the immediate region of the heart.

They tried to get me-I got them first! (suicide note)

The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.

The studio keeps notes on the details of editions and production processes and the like.

Things are changing. They need to change more. It should not be of any note that a woman does something, because women do everything.

Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.

Tis better to hit an air ball, than to force a note that don't wanna come out.

To create a perfume you have to be the servant of the unconscious. Each idea evolves and transforms, but there should be a surprise with each note.

To the audience, it's like I'm changing the subject every five seconds, but to me, my show's almost like a 90-minute song that I know exactly. I wrote every note, and I know exactly where everything is.

Those who have come to an impasse should examine their original intentions; those who have succeeded should note where they are heading.

Tunes have notes and tempos and rules. If the tune is "All the Things You Are," you have to adhere to its structure and to the tradition behind that structure.

Warriors! and where are warriors found, If not on martial Britain's ground? And who, when waked with note of fire, Love more than they the British lyre?

Wagamama. Text messaging aficionados might like to note that this is one of the most satisfying words you can possibly type.

What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.

We are each but a quarter note in a grand symphony.

We [ Paverment] were definitely unafraid of playing wrong notes and singing wrong things. We could be fearlessly bad!

We will build a Marine Corps based on 36 battalions, which the Heritage Foundation notes is the minimum needed to deal with major contingencies. Right now we only have 23.

We can no more enjoy life by hoping for a future result than we can enjoy music by waiting for the final note.

We don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Only notes that are different can harmonize. The same is true with people.

What convinces is not necessarily true-it is merely convincing: a note for asses.

What's the trick to writing a genuinely funny comedy? The trick is therapy. Take notes.

When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be taking notes.

When a regular person gets sick, they take an aspirin. When a writer gets sick, they take notes.

Whenever you note the time on the clock, realize that it is now—right now—later than it has ever been.

When I make fun of you, I strike just the right note. When you make fun of me, you're an incredibly ungrateful asshole and you know why.

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.

When my Azzedine jacket from 1987 died, I wrapped it up in a box, attached a note saying where it came from and took it to the Salvation Army. It was a big loss.