"When the good student chooses the honest path, free of perfectionism and faking, music study becomes something refreshingly new: a calm oasis of self-acceptance for those who are so used to driving themselves and trying to please others."

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Source : William Westney (2006). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”, p.135, Amadeus Press

William Westney

#Acceptance Quotes #Oasis Quotes #Self Quotes

“Increasing Americaâ€™s debt weakens us domestically and internationally . Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.”
“God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have faith will have nothing”
“I wanna get on TV and just let loose. But can't, but it's cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose.”
“It's wonderful for me to see what 'We Will Rock You' has done. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated - they've become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.”

Source : "Queen's Brian May Rocks Out To Physics, Photography". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 3, 2010.
“My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.”
“We love God with our mind by taking the time to fill our mind with the Word.”
“The protection of the masses has in all times been the pretense of tyranny - the plea of monarchy, of aristocracy, of special privilege of every kind. The slave owners justified slavery as protecting the slaves.”

Source : Henry George (2006). “Protection Or Free Trade”, p.21, Cosimo, Inc.
“It's the lifestyle of easy money, fast cars and supermodels that keep me going.”

Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. May 8, 2014.

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