The only thing to do with a folk melody, once you have played it, is to play it louder.
Music Quotes
I like Wagner’s music better than anybody’s. It’s so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says. That is a great advantage.
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
A folksinger is someone who sings through his nose by ear.
If one hears bad music it is one’s duty to drown it by one’s conversation.
Some people crave baseball – I find this unfathomable but I can easily understand why a person could get excited about playing a bassoon.
A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn’t.
Music makes one feel so romantic – at least it always gets on one’s nerves – which is the same thing nowadays.
I write the music I like. If other people like it, fine, they can go buy the albums. And if they don’t like it, there’s always Michael Jackson for them to listen to.
Disco is to music what Etch-A-Sketch is to art.
