"The secret of a great melody is a secret."

-- Dave Brubeck

#Writing Quotes #Secret Quotes #Songwriting Quotes

“I'm inspired by almost every artist I come across.”
“True salvation can come only to a person who renders service to the community.”
“As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.”
“Distractions have never prevented a Writing Writer Who Writes from writing; distractions are an excuse proffered by Non-Writing Non-Writers Who are Not-Writing for why they are not writing.”
“Tho' the world could turn from you, This, at least, I learn from you: Beauty and Truth, tho' never found, are worthy to be sought, The singer, upward-springing, Is grander than his singing, And tranquil self-sufficing joy illumes the dark of thought. This, at least, you teach me, In a revelation: That gods still snatch, as worthy death, the soul in its aspiration.”

Source : Robert Williams Buchanan (1865). “Undertones”, p.11
“Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.”

Source : Walter Bagehot (1973). “Literary studies”
“(The movie) is the story of my life, but it's not about me. It's about anybody who ever dreamed big and had someone tell them, 'No, you can't do it.' You can.”
“People are here to serve. We cannot waste potential.”

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