"Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players."

-- Emanuel Ax

#Player Quotes #Enough Time Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“When we stop resisting what we don't want to feel and embrace the state that we are in, we move through whatever it is SO much faster and find our way back to truth and clarity.”
“I feel like I delivered a blow, an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing but that I value for society.”
“He could not understand why he had needed so many words to explain what he felt in war because one was enough: fear. ~Jose Aracadio Segundo Buendia After the second banana slaughter”
“I think there was a brief period where Norwegian bands were evolving and that was an interesting time where it seemed like a band like Darkthrone was stuck in the midst of a lot of change and seemed a bit redundant.”
“What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words. Sure, the lyrics count, but they go more immediately into your brain. There's so much more work you have to put in as a writer - not just with the actual book, but how it's packaged and everything.”
“I played my age. Not bad.”
“There are some real positives for Wales. Their back four's not bad, sometimes.”
“What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.”

Source : Harold Washington, Alton Miller (1988). “Climbing a Great Mountain: Selected Speeches of Mayor Harold Washington”

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