"Do not rely on unplanned music; it comes out as though it were planned, but planned by someone you cross the street to avoid."

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Source : Robert Ashley's liner notes to "Automatic Writing", August 18, 1996.

Robert Ashley

#Crosses Quotes #Streets Quotes #Rely Quotes

“As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.”
“If the person who runs a company has a belief system and everything he does stays fairly truly to that system, it will attract like-minded people who buy into it and then keeps selling itself in concentric circles.”
“The reason there's a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address.”

Source : "Leslie Nielsen: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 29, 2010.
“I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.”
“If a musician cares about what he or she is doing, and you show up and care, you can go some place. That will never change. There are a number of ways to approach this, and my favorite is the way we're doing it now - just talking.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.”
“Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.”
“The higher the hair, the closer to god.”

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