Charlie Albright famous quotes

I would like for people to not be stuck by the rules of what is expected of a classical musician. If you really want to do something different, don't be afraid to do so. Think of music itself and not the rules or expectations of people.
-- Charlie Albright

#Thinking #People #Expectations

I think the underlying purpose is expression. It's not about technique, it's not about hitting the right note, writing the perfect prose, having the perfect brushstroke. It's about expression of oneself, the things around you, and the emotions. I think expression is the one word that I would use, whether it's for sorrow, tragedy, joy, or even the need to express and be heard.
-- Charlie Albright

#Writing #Thinking #Expression

I don't come from a particularly musical family. My mother learned a bit of piano in Korea. When I was three, I apparently climbed up on our upright piano and started picking Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star out.
-- Charlie Albright

#Mother #Stars #Korea

I actually think that many of the musicians who have something meaningful to say don't win competitions. An incredible pianist like Horowitz had so much to say, but he might not win anything in competition because of his wrong notes.
-- Charlie Albright

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If you play it safe, middle of the road with all the right notes, you might win. If you are unique and have too much personality, you might easily score a '0' in competition.
-- Charlie Albright

#Winning #Unique #Play

Some of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.

I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.

God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.

Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.

I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.

People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others.

If people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations.

I never worried about teams who spend what they want to spend. It never bothered me. At the moment we have a lot of Middle Eastern owners, we have American owners of course, Russian owners. It never bothered me one bit. All I was concerned about was that we at United maintained our level of expectation, be competitive, be at the top part of the Premier League.