I remember from my youth the thrill of unpacking new stereo equipment, how there was always the promise of New and Better Sound with this one, and the unspoken hope that somehow this would help you get a date in the sack, too. (Men seem to believe that about anything they can plug in, just […]
Music Quotes
There are two things John and I always do when we’re going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.
Irving Berlin doesn’t have ‘a place in’ American music; Irving Berlin ‘is’ American music.
Music is the medicine of the mind.
A long, long time ago, I can still remember, How that music used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, That I could make those people dance, And maybe they’d be happy for a while. But February made me shiver, With every paper I’d deliver, Bad news on the doorstep, […]
There is something very wonderful in music. Words are wonderful enough; but music is even more wonderful. It speaks not to our thoughts as words do; it speaks straight to our hearts and spirits, to the very core and root of our souls. Music soothes us, stirs us up; it puts noble feelings in us; […]
Music is the universal language of mankind.
Only become a musician if there is absolutely no other way you can make a living.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
Latin and soul music have been the traditional musical forms in Spanish Harlem; Latin music because it represents our own unique life-force, and soul because for better or worse our destinies are inextricably tied to that of the black nation insofar as we live, work, and die with it. In every slum in New York […]
