"I would rather instill in my amateur students love, than knowledge, of music.Â Left with only knowledge, they will at the end close their books and consign the course to forgetfulness.Â But if they have learned to love but the smallest part of the art, they are likely to pursue some phase of it the rest of their lives."

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Source : Ernst Bacon (2013). “Notes on the Piano”, p.79, Courier Corporation

Ernst Bacon

#Art Quotes #Book Quotes #Phases Quotes

“I know that I am a black man in a white world. . . I know that I never had it made.”

Source : I Never Had It Made introduction (1972)
“Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation.”
“None of us makes it through this life without problems and challengesâ€”and sometimes tragedies and misfortunes. After all, in large part we are here to learn and grow from such events in our lives. We know that there are times when we will suffer, when we will grieve, and when we will be saddened. However, we are told, â€œAdam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.â€ How might we have joy in our lives, despite all that we may face? Again from the scriptures: â€œWherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you.”
“It is one of the triumphs of human wit ... to conquer by humility and submissiveness ... to make oneself small in order to appear great ... such ... are often the expedients of the neurotic.”
“Unless you're a true prodigy, you're going to have to practice for a while being bad before you get any good. And it will seem like a waste of time. I remember that feeling well. But don't worry about wasting time, because it'll be so worth it. It's my experience that in the end, life lessons and guitar lessons begin to blur in all sorts of interesting ways.”
“I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his fame limited his freedom. You get kinder as you go along.”
“His momma said, Donovan why are you, on the corner of linden and guy R. Brewer?”

Source : Song: Queens, Album: Internal Affairs
“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all.”

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