Gunther Schuller Quotes

That was more or less coincidental in the sense that my parents wanted me to come back to New York because that's the center of musical activity still to this day, more or less, and so I auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera.

Gunther Schuller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 22, 1925 - June 21, 2015

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To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.

John Drinkwater

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Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this day may seem nothing else but a verifying of the said prophecy.

John Foxe

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Unfortunately, sometimes the fans forget who puts the money and passion into the club. It's funny, but when you win, it's the coach and the players who are responsible, but when you lose, it's the owner's fault; but that's football.

Andrea Della Valle

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My idols are singers like Billie Holiday and Erykah Badu because there's no gloss on what they do.

Andra Day

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I slowly dismantled the act of painting, to consider the possibility that no-thing ever really transcends its immediate environment.

Robert Irwin

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I'm from a small town, and I thought I would be a lawyer.

Matthew Desmond

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My books should feel like you're getting a peek into a private world: a diary no one was meant to read. As soon as I start thinking, 'This book is going to be published,' my drawing becomes calculated and deliberate. It's one of the ways I trick myself.

Jeffrey Brown

MyselfWorldStartBookThinking

Traveling the road can be quite tiresome.

Stephen Hough

RoadTravelingQuiteTiresome

I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose.

Steven Moffat

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Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

Tracy Morgan

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If you break your sternum or your ribs, you can still move. It's going to hurt, but if you can cope with it, you'll do it.

Tony McCoy

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You've got to feel a little nervous when you first meet Spielberg. The guy's an apparition.

Mike Binder

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