"It's probable that in the artistic hierarchy birds are the greatest musicians existing on our planet."

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Source : Claude Samuel, Olivier Messiaen (1976). “Conversations with Olivier Messiaen”, Stainer & Bell, Limited

Olivier Messiaen

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“Enthusiasm is the thing which makes the world go round. Without its driving power, nothing worth doing has ever been done. Love, friendship, religion, altruism, devotion to career or hobby-all these, and most of the other good things of life, are forms of enthusiasm.”
“Whether Canada ends up as o-ne national government or two national governments or several national governments, or some other kind of arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion.”
“I feel everything more deeply. Every action I take, I think of her first. That's a big change for me. That - and no sleep!”
“It is just so cool to play on the beach right next to the water. I am deeply moved by water as I think most people are - so to play music with it is a most powerful experience.”

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“I feel a disparity between my life in India within the home and my life outside the home - my life within public and private space. In terms of here and there, there were some differences, but New York and India were very different when I was growing up in the '80s. Definitely in terms of the visual and popular culture I encountered within my home - that was very different from the complete lack of representation I saw of South Asian culture outside of that space.”

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“I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're just as crazy as the rest of them.”
“I can go back to when I was six years old. I was always getting in trouble for dreaming, and the things I got in trouble for dreaming then are the things I'm doing today.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Flatley from Apr 03, 2013
“Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.”

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