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Lara St. John Quotes

Canadian - Musician | April 15, 1971 -

What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch?

Life Music Passion Energy Touch

Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.

Time Me Fly Say Violin Honest

For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.

Government Canada Years Arts General

Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.

Money Quality Problem Down Go Will

Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.

Green American Problem You Cards Us

There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.

Canada Incentive Because

I am very lucky and grateful to have this living link to a past era, the violin presumably having much more history to it than the later portion that I know.

History Grateful Past I Am Living

I thought that maybe it is not so much, as he seems to think, that the world loses interest in female performers after they hit a certain age, than the performers lose interest in the world.

Age World Think Thought Lose Seems

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.

Family Children Eyes Imagination

Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.

Woman I Am Child Amazing Small Year

A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.

Good Today Men World Battle Example

I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.

I Am Look Hide Reason See I See

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