Bulat Okudzhava famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.

  • We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something.

  • The modern composer is a madman who persists in manufacturing an article which nobody wants.

  • The model of a composer.

  • It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience.

  • There wasn't a lot of discipline in my life, and I hated it being imposed on me at school.

  • We have met and hated, fought and died before - you and I. Kepta to Garin People of the Crater. Andre Norton.

  • You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.

  • I just hated to lose.

  • I have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music.