"The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose."

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Source : "Music View; When Inspired Awfulness Becomes Interesting" by Donal Henahan, www.nytimes.com. August 31, 1986.

Donal Henahan

#Brain Quotes #Listening Quotes #Incessant Quotes

“More learning can occur when there are many obstacles then when thear are few or none. A life with difficult relationships, filled with obstacles and losses, presents the most opportunity for the soul's growth. You may have chosen the more difficult life so that you could accelerate your physical progress”
“Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works. I like Michelangelo's vision, 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
“I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!”
“Hating hard work can get to be such an obsession that you won't let it pile up.”
“The watering of a garden requires as much judgement as the seasoning of a soup.”
“Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.”
“Now I'm a God, but tomorrow, when you have to stop me from playing with dead things again, you'll be right back to calling me an idiot, won't you?”
“What is a rebel? A man who says no.”

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