"We must have recourse to the rules of music when our genius and our ear seem to deny what we are seeking."

-- Jean-Philippe Rameau

#Genius Quotes #Ears Quotes #Talent Quotes

“Sometimes I'll come up with a lick that I really love, and I'll try to put the right words to it for years. Suddenly something comes to me that works just right.”
“A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him.”
“Gradually the awful truth dawns on you: that Santa Claus was just the tip of the iceberg - that your future will not be the rollercoaster ride you'd imagined, that the world occupied by your parents, the world of washing the dishes, going to the dentist, weekend trips to the DIY superstore to buy floor tiles, is actually largely what people mean when they speak of 'life'.”
“I use the kitchen as a pathway to achieve this happiness.”
“The voice of every kid hooked on drugs, alcohol or the occult joins the sad chorus "Not me! I didn't think it could ever happen to me. I was sure I could handle it.”

Source : Beatrice Sparks (1990). “Jay's Journal”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.”
“Mature means neither "too soon" nor "too late," but something between the two.”
“Dining with one's friends and beloved family is certainly one of life's primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.”

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