Quotes by Famous Dead Composers...

[crystallions]

I was reading quotes by famous dead composers today and ran across this one by Bach...“Bring me A bowl of coffee before I turn into a goat”—Johann Sebastian BachI have days like that too... Some other good ones...“There’s nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.”—Johann Sebastian Bach“I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed . . . equally well.”—Johann Sebastian Bach

[milesbparty]

I love that second one from Bach. Here's a couple of my favorites from Mozart:“To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.”“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.”

[mewman]

I always liked Chopin's statement...."The only thing more beautiful than the sound of a guitar is the sound of two guitars." There is also Frank Zappa's "Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny!".

[elser]

From Elliot Easton, guitarist for The Cars..."If your gonna play stoned, practice stoned".

[elser]

Woops, I don't think he's dead.........yet

[elser]

From John Bonham, "You can't always have a great night, but you can always wear a bitchin shirt!"Am I way outta line here?

[milesbparty]

Oct 17, 2009, 8:01pm, fretnoise wrote:From John Bonham, "You can't always have a great night, but you can always wear a bitchin shirt!"LOL, love that...but really, very true.

[orest]

"Boxing is such a great sport and so much like making jazz music, ... There is the footwork, the jab, the constant setting up and reacting to your opponent."- Joe Zawinul"A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense."- Frans Liszt "Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day."- Franz Liszt"Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his."- Frans Liszt"I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get."- Buddy Rich"Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice."- Buddy Rich

[eokamura]

"Good composers borrow. Great composers steal." (Or something to that effect.) -Beethoven

[k o star]

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music - Jimi Hendrix