James Fenton Quotes

Composers need words, but they do not necessarily need poetry. The Russian composer, Aleksandr Mossolov, who chose texts from newspaper small ads, had a good point to make. With revolutionary music, any text can be set to work.

James Fenton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 25, 1949

Topics

WorkGoodMusicWordsPoetrySmall

Snapchat is a really intimate medium.

Joanna Coles

SnapchatIntimateMediumReally

I've never wanted anything as much as I want to win the next Super Bowl.

Jerry Jones

WinSuper BowlWantNeverAnything

I hate to go on TV. I will start stammering.

John Gregory Dunne

HateStartGoWillTV

At root, the Tea Party is nothing more than a them-versus-us thing.

Matt Taibbi

TeaPartyNothingMoreRootThan

Inequality is not the same thing as unfairness; and, to my mind, it is the latter that has incited so much political turmoil in the rich world today.

Angus Deaton

TodayMindWorldRichPolitical

Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone.

Jeff Buckley

MusicAloneTimeChildBeing Alone

I used to be a dancer.

Sonoya Mizuno

UsedDancer

In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew.

Ruth Park

MorningSeaSkyTideBackHot

I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of wandered away somewhere in high-school. I never got confirmed, which is a big deal.

Mike Birbiglia

KindNeverI Was RaisedBigDeal

I didn't know how to box so I would have looked like a complete street fighter actually, but what we did have to do was pick up some sides and then just memorize them within two days and go there and audition.

Michelle Rodriguez

GoKnowStreetFighterSidesBox

People come up to me all the time and say, 'Oh, I love to watch Food Network,' and I ask them what they cook, and they say, 'I don't really cook.' They're afraid, they're intimidated, they know all about food from eating out and watching TV, but they don't know where to start in their own kitchen.

Michael Symon

LoveTimeFoodPeopleMeStart

I need to be free, to speak the unspeakable. You can't do that in office.

Mo Ibrahim

FreeSpeakYouOfficeNeed

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