"When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered."

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Source : Charles Rosen (2002). “Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist”, p.195, Simon and Schuster

Charles Rosen

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“When you have such a good workout, it clears everything up mentally, physically, and you just have a better day.”

Source : "Minka Kelly's Diet and Workout Tips" By Ashley Mateo, www.self.com. March 16, 2011.
“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”
“Temper justice with mercy.”
“Obedience is the pathway to blessing. Itâ€™s the means of protection. Itâ€™s the means of joy. Itâ€™s the means to finding Godâ€™s best in our lives.”
“Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.”
“I think that humans are also set up to survive. We're not as small as rats, but we make up for that by being intelligent enough to make our own hiding places and to adapt to new habitats, even if they are changing very quickly. We have an enormous population, and can afford to lose billions of people without suffering very much as a species. Indeed, some would say losing five billion people would be good for the planet - I disagree with them, but can't deny that we would do just fine if there were two billion of us or even one billion.”
“It's extremely hard to build a company with a product that everyone loves, is free and has no business model, and then to innovate a business model. I did that with Kazaa, had half a billion downloads but that wasn't a sustainable business.”
“I was very young when I was in RNBDJ and that journey had enabled me as an actor. I am not very confident of my growth as an actor but I am very confident of my growth as a person.”

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