"A man in music, as one in love, either lives it or talks about it; seldom both."

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Source : Ernst Bacon, Sara Davis Buechner (2011). “Notes on the Piano”, p.157, Courier Corporation

Ernst Bacon

“The spirit of Christmas needs to superseded by the Spirit of Christ. The spirit of Christmas is annual; the Spirit of Christ is eternal. The spirit of Christmas is sentimental; the Spirit of Christ is supernatural. The spirit of Christmas is a human product; the Spirit of Christmas is a divine person. That makes all the difference in the world.”
“The land of possibility is a better place to make your home than the realm of expectation will ever be”
“A human encounter with holiness is devastating. It refuses to allow us to be impressed with the things of the world weâ€™ve been chasing. It refuses to allow us to remain comfortable in our sin. It refuses to allow us to remain on the throne of our lives. And it leads us to a relationship with the only One who can perfectly love us, who can forgive all our sins, and who can make us into His likeness. Our encounter with His holiness is our devastation. And our devastation is our salvation.”
“You like him because he's a lost boy. Believe me, I've seen it happen before. But do you know what happens to girls who love lost boys? They become lost themselves. Without fail.”
“There was a while when I got really bad stage fright and I basically felt...I was incredibly angry. I felt like everything had been taken away from me and it was at that point that I realized how much doing stand up reminds me of my self love and curiosity about myself and love of other people because I don't go on stage to dominate.”

Source : "Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman and Richard Kind on stand-up, improv and Jerry Seinfeld". Interview with Prachi Gupta, www.salon.com. January 19, 2014.
“One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal labor government has regularly angered Church officials by making controversial ministerial appointments against the wishes of the clergy. . . . These and other actions have strained the church-state relationship almost to the breaking point. As a result, some of the bishops have advocated disestablishment.”
“Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.”
“Eminem is like the godfather of the hip-hop game,”

Source : "Eminem is the 'Godfather of the hip-hop game,' G-unit members say" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. July 29, 2010.

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