"Music has to be recognized as anâ€¦agent of social development in the highest sense, because it transmits the highest values - solidarity, harmony, mutual compassion. And it has the ability to unite an entire community and to express sublime feelings."

-- Jose Antonio Abreu

#Compassion Quotes #Community Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out a winner, and it doesn't matter what anyone else does.”
“Passion and courtesy are two polar opposite traits that serve to balance each other into a full-blooded whole. Without socialization, passion is a crude barbarian, and without passion, the elegant and polite are dead. Allow both passion and courtesy into your life in equal measure, and be complete.”
“Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.”
“Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious. What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back and put the mind out of business.”
“It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century.”
“True freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free!”
“I don't feel the breath of a thousand people over my shoulder.”
“All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.”

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