"I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break."

-- Elton John

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Player Quotes

“Just because you can't do everything, it doesn't mean you shouldn't do what you can.”
“Books-bright windows in this life of ours, lit by the shining souls of men.”
“It is the curse of talent that, although it labors with greater steadiness and perseverance than genius, it does not reach its goal, while genius already on the summit of the ideal, gazes laughingly about.”
“I never write a tune before the lyrics. I get the lyrics and then I write around them. Some people write music and the lyrics come along and they say, 'Oh yeah, I've got something to fit that.' If that's the way people write songs, I feel like you might as well just go to the supermarket.”

Source : Source: www.thisisyesterday.com
“Between the two poles of whole-truth and half-truth is slung the chancy hammock in which we all rock.”

Source : Shana Alexander (1976). “Talking woman”
“The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear.”
“I find it interesting, the different rules that apply to journalism and drama, even though journalism has become more and more about entertainment, and entertainment has become more and more about journalism.”
“The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of its soprano pitch. When the cello enters in the Dvorak Concerto, it is like a great orator.”

Source : "Why the cello is a hero". Interview With Julian Lloyd Webber, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 28, 2004.

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