"If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience."

-- Dave Van Ronk

#Practice Quotes #Tape Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death.”
“I think a lot of the more successful artists of our time basically have barracudas for managers”
“I usually don't work with other people; I do the whole show myself.”
“The doctor used to tell me that every person about to die becomes a music box playing the melody that best describes his life, his character, and his hopes. For some, it's a popular waltz; for others, a march.”

Source : Patrick Modiano (1971). “Night rounds”
“I don't know whether Europe will accept us, but Africa has already put us on their waiting list.”
“For most of my life, one of the persons most baffled by my own work was myself.”
“The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.”
“I just couldn't stand school. If I went, I'd skip after the first class. I didn't like to be told I had to study and had to do homework. There's a fact that you have to want to learn.”

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