"With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds."

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Source : William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”

William Christopher Handy

#Guitar Quotes #Able Quotes #Sound Quotes

“The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak for an hour on British television, they would say, "What! Another talking head?”
“Always when I write my music, I take my guitar, and I improvise always with a melody, you know, lyrics in Spanish. But sometimes I use some words in English. I don't know why. Maybe because I listen to a lot of music in English.”

Source : "Juanes Changes Course On English-Language Songs". "Tell Me More" with Viviana Hurtado, www.npr.org. August 23, 2012.
“Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.”
“Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope, on the other hand, is a Christian virtue. It is the unblinking acknowledgment of all that militates against hope, and the unrelenting refusal to despair. We have not the right to despair, and, finally, we have not the reason to despair”

Source : Richard John Neuhaus (2001). “The Best of "The Public Square".: Book two”, p.9, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.”
“Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don't sit in the dark hiding. It's easy to hide and shout and waste people's time.”
“I felt attacked because people rejected me. They didn't say "we can give you money to do something else if you want," they just said "no, this movie cannot be done" and I said "okay, so I'll do it!"”
“Sometimes I stagger even myself with my genius.”

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