"Put a small piano in a truck and drive out on country roads; take time to discover new scenery; stop in a pretty place where there is a good church; upload the piano and tell the residents; give a concert; offer flowers to the people who have been so kind as to attend; leave again."

-- Sviatoslav Richter

#Country Quotes #Flower Quotes #Piano Quotes

“After being on the road so much I want to spend more time with my family, who I hear are wonderful people.”
“I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.”

Source : "Ailey's Troupe Explores Its Roots". Interview with Jennifer Dunning, www.nytimes.com. November 27, 1983.
“So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.”

Source : Aaron Copland, Richard Kostelanetz (2004). “Aaron Copland: A Reader : Selected Writings 1923-1972”, p.32, Psychology Press
“The same fire that hardens the egg will melt the butter; and much depends on the personality type, whether you customarily rise to a challenge or whether you sink. For as long as I can remember, I have been a sinker. One challenge, and I drop like a rock.”
“SNSD is a group of 9 girl female students. Weâ€™re pretty one by one as well,but its when weâ€™re all together that we can really shine.”
“A poetic list is a talent in itself. You can write a list of things, and it can be boring.”

Source : "A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers". Interview with Carolyn Perry, Wayne Zade, poems.com. 2009.
“What is all this juice and all this joy? A strain of the earth's sweet being in the beginning In Eden garden.-Have, get, before it cloy, Before it cloud, Christ, lord, and sour with sinning, Innocent mind and Mayday in girl and boy, Most, O maid's child, thy choice and worthy the winning.”
“A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your conscience will get the better of you and you will settle down again.”

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