"What I think I do is to relate any new material to how similar it is to something else. The closest that I can come up with something that's already in my experience, the easier it becomes. All I have to do then is remember where it differs, like relating a chord sequence that comes from some other tune, or several different tunes, or maybe parts of them and then work it from there."

-- Tal Farlow

#Thinking Quotes #Different Quotes #Tunes Quotes

“Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!" "No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?" "Not such a waste of time as talking to you!”

Source : Georgette Heyer (2011). “Black Sheep”, p.43, Random House
“Civilizations grow by agreements and accomodations and accretions, not by repudiations. The rebels and the revolutionaries are only eddies, they keep the stream from getting stagnant but they get swept down and absorbed, they're a side issue. Quiet desperation is another name for the human condition. If revolutionaries would learn that they can't remodel society by day after tomorrow -- haven't the wisdom to and shouldn't be permitted to -- I'd have more respect for them ... Civilizations grow and change and decline -- they aren't remade.”
“Avoid 'shoulding' on others and yourself!”
“But, you're his son," I said, trying really hard to hate him. "You're the son of Satan. Literally." "And you are the stepdaughter of Denise Davidson." Wow. That was a bit harsh, but, "Okay, point taken.”
“An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.”

Source : William Pickens (1969). “The new Negro: his political, civil, and mental status, and related essays”
“Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.”
“People tend to forget that we tie our life history to music like the soundtrack to your life in many more ways than just having a hit record on the radio.”
“We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.”

Source : Interview with David Curcurito, www.esquire.com. April 17, 2012.

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