"History has a way of coming back to you. In the case of Janis Joplin appearing at the festival in 1968, her performance affected the life of a Bostonian who is now a member of the Newport Festivals Foundation Board of Directors. Â Ward Mooney was so affected and emotionally involved in Janisâ€™ performance at Newport, that when he heard the festival was going nonprofit, he knew wanted to become a part.Â Janis was beautiful, gracious and respectful, and the power of her Newport performance continues to live on."

-- George Wein

#Beautiful Quotes #Foundation Quotes #Directors Quotes

“WhoÂ doesnâ€™t? I cry and smile every day. I grew up scared, because I was so skinny and had no boobs. Itâ€™s only now that I just think, Sod it! Everyoneâ€™s different. Iâ€™m contented and happy as I am.”
“The experience of emptiness is not found outside the world of ordinary appearance, as many people mistakenly assume. In truth, we experience emptiness when the mind is free of grasping at appearance.”
“In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.”
“Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it”
“Sometimes kissing is better than sex. Especially kissing someone for the first time”
“A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.”

Source : Walter Bagehot (1910). “Literary Studies (Miscellaneous Essays): Hartley Coleridge. Shakespeare, the man. William Cowper. The first Edinburgh reviewers. Edward Gibbon. Percy Bysshe Shelley”
“Do not insist that the universe comply with your understanding of it.”
“An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.”

You may also like:

Ashley Kahn
Historian
Clark Terry
Trumpeter
Dave Brubeck
Jazz Pianist
Dizzy Gillespie
Bandleader
Duke Ellington
Composer
Gerry Mulligan
Saxophonist
Louis Armstrong
Trumpeter
Miles Davis
Musician
Thelonious Monk
Pianist