"You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas."

-- James M. Barrie

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“I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons. I didn't like the lessons very much, but I was enchanted by music. Music always transported me somewhere. Singing made feel good and being able to play the piano made me feel good.”
“I cannot perch among those who think that I am broken.”

Source : Rachel Hartman (2012). “Seraphina”, p.170, Random House
“Humor implies a sure conception of the beautiful, the majestic and he true, by whose light it surveys and shape s their opposites. It is a humane influence, softening with mirth the ragged inequities of existence, prompting tolerant views of life, bridging over the space which separates the lofty from the lowly, the great from the humble.”
“When you're expecting a baby, there's a lot you can plan for, but when it happens early you just have to jump into it. Whatever plans you had, everything goes out the window.”
“Donâ€™t look at other people and compare yourself. Just do the work. Because when the opportunity is there, you have to be ready. Make sure your craft is refined and youâ€™re constantly working on it. Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.”
“Between the two men, somewhere, a truth is lying, and that is what I try to find.”

Source : "Conductors on Record". Book by John L. Holmes, pp. 256-261, 1988.
“I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer.”
“That's when you know you know somebody. When you know every piece of clothing they have in their wardrobe. That's friendship.”

Source : Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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