"Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life."

-- Questlove

#Classical Music Quotes #Concentration Quotes #Committed Quotes

“The artist enriches the soul of humanity. The artist delights people with a thousand different shades of feeling.”
“The sea hath no king but God alone.”

Source : Dante Gabriel Rossetti (2014). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.329, Delphi Classics
“Every time I see a bluebird, I say, well, hey, all this hard work is all worth while.”
“What you do on travel holiday is what your memories are based on. People want to do cool stuff, and this is what will shape your entire experience.”
“I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.”
“Most people when they have autobiographies, they're not autobiographies, they're biographies written by a ghost writer.”
“I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I don't want to get my peanut butter fingerprints on anything.”
“How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I'm on the right track or that I've started at some place that you're familiar with?”

Source : "World Science Festival: Brian Greene and Alan Alda Bring Science to the Masses". Interview with Clare Richardson, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 02, 2011.

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