Zoltan Kodaly Quotes

Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song.

Zoltan Kodaly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: hungarian
  • Birth: December 16, 1882 - March 6, 1967

Topics

TimeSimpleSingingSongAction

There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood.

Jeremy Irvine

PeopleMeFriendsBackVillageOut

Growing up, it was uncool to admit that your family had any money. And then, instantly, money was cool. In Reagan's parlance, it was about freedom of the individual, which was freedom to be greedy... individual versus society. There was a weird seduction in that, which I still feel.

John Cameron Mitchell

FamilyFreedomMoneyCoolGrowing Up

Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.

Maynard James Keenan

MusicListeningMagicYouPlayMore

I've always done well with pressure, always done well with awkward situations.

Michael Beasley

PressureDoneAlwaysAwkwardWell

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner.

Spike Lee

GoodJobDinnerSlaveryYouSinger

The quality of one's emotional life changes over the years, doesn't it? But the basic instincts and desires, greed and hope, seem to remain constant. In the larger scope of things, there's a sense of fulfillment to living a creative life. So I guess that's what keeps me going.

Tommy Lee Jones

LifeHopeQualityCreativeMeGreed

I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate.

Michael Nutter

HatePainAngerPeopleColorThink

I really, really admire my parents so much, for how they raised me. They're some of the best human beings I know.

Missy Peregrym

BestParentsMeKnowAdmireHuman

And with each day that passed, the gulf broadened and my isolation became more accentuated. In such a situation, the discovery that my experience was not unique, that it had also been that of other Spanish intellectuals, became very important for me.

Juan Goytisolo

ExperienceDayMeIsolationUnique

Our responsibility is to protect people and help them into work.

Douglas Alexander

WorkResponsibilityPeopleHelpOur

People are always surprised when they spend time with my children by how normal they are. They're polite. They're well mannered. They're very down to earth, in a way.

Donatella Versace

ChildrenTimePeopleDownEarthWay

I probably have over a hundred pairs of high-heel shoes. I collect them. Over however-many years, from, like, the mid-'80s on - yes, I'm that old - I've been in drag several times in my life, and I collect a lot of stuff, and I do have a lot of high-heel shoes that I'm sure a lot of people would be jealous about.

Chris March

LifeShoesPeopleJealousMy Life

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