"Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing."

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Source : "Sir Colin Davis obituary" by David Nice, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2013.

Colin Davis

#Breathing Quotes #Piano Quotes #Singing Quotes

“I just listened to the music, and breathed in the day, and remembered things. Things like walking around the neighborhood and looking at the houses and the lawns and the colorful trees and having that be enough.”
“He was in my hair, my eyes, my fingers, my heart. I day-dreamed about what he was doing, thinking, seeing, smelling, feeling. I could not eat for thoughts of him.”

Source : Lisa See (2011). “Peony in Love”, p.71, A&C Black
“I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Birth and death; we all move between these two unknowns.”
“Although humans inherit a biological bias that permits them to feel anger, jealousy, selfishness and envy, and to be rude, aggressive or violent, they inherit an even stronger biological bias for kindness, compassion, cooperation, love and nurture - especially toward those in need. This inbuilt ethical sense is a biological feature of our species.”
“I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.”

Source : Nella Larsen (2010). “The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories”, p.227, Anchor
“Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.”
“I love the intimacy of small venues, I really do, I like that look that people have that they feel like they're special and they can hear and they can see the band as well.”

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