In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk. It was a mark of the cultured man to sing.

Quote by Leonard Bernstein

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From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure...

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure...

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he...

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he...

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have...

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have...

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound...

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound...

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to...

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to...

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more...

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more...