"Our problem is that sound is not important in our culture. We know the world from the visual, not from the other senses. I had to be taught other ways of understanding."

-- Bernie Krause

#Music Quotes #Silence Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“reading a good book in silence is like eating chocolate for the rest of your life and never getting fat.”
“Don't be afraid to write bad songs and then start over and re-evaluate. Songs are like plants, in that you grow them. Some grow really fast, and others need pruning and care...And, finally, a song needs to move you. If it doesn't move you, it will never move anybody else.”
“Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor”
“All is amiss. Love is dying, faith's defying, heart's denying.”

Source : 'England's Helicon' (1600) 'The Unknown Shepherd's Complaint' (renying ?reneging)
“Our lives consist of two numbers: date of birth and date of death.”

Source : "Humor & Caricature magazine". October 1995.
“It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of some strong unquestioning emotion, to suspect itself, and doubt the truth of its own impressions, conscious of possibilities beyond its own horizon.”
“Renewal and revival often begin when young people take a stand for God.”

Source : Jim Burns (2002). “No Compromise”, p.12, Gospel Light Publications
“I like to watch French movies with the volume up so my neighbors could think I'm terrorist.”

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