Sarah Vaughan Quotes
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Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.
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Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.
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The waiters' eyes sparkled and their pencils flew as she proceeded to eviscerate my wallet – paté, Whitstable oysters, a sole, and a favorite salad of the Nizam of Hyderabad made of shredded five-pound notes.
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I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.
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If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.
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Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three.
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I'll note you in my book of memory.
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With eyes up-rais'd, as one inspir'd, Pale Melancholy sate retir'd, And from her wild sequester'd seat, In notes by distance made more sweet, Pour'd thro' the mellow horn her pensive soul.
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I can hold a note and I know I'm not ugly so, in ways, that's enough.
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I dont like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my influences have always been those kinds of players. Keith Richards comes to mind, and I really like Nils Lofgrens soloing, because hes so melodic. I love John Lennons rhythm playing, and George Harrison was an incredible guitarist.
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Once you strike a note on the organ, it's going to stay with you until you either make it louder or softer or let it go. So it's a little bit like the human voice, so you can put a human characteristic in it.
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All of one's life is music, if one touches the notes rightly, and in time.
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I try not to repeat myself. It's the hardest thing in the world to do -- there are only so many notes one human being can master...
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A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.
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I don’t want what we’re doing to just end up as notes for a novel.
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A good way to work on alternate picking is to choose three or four notes, and work on those. Too often, players who are trying to improve their right hand dexterity get hung up by playing too many notes with the left hand.I hear a lot of players running whole scales from the sixth string to the first , and playing them really sloppy.Keeping it very basic-and using only a few notes-and playing slowly with perfect rhythm is a task in itself.
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Nonbelievers may hear all the notes of science, but without a theistic context and perspective they will not hear the song.
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I still use felt tip pens for my notes, on a white board that I carry around with me. I am not into the computer technology - you can say that quite safely.
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Young children especially are receiving so much of the world through their ears and their eyes, particularly if they're pre-literate. So engaging them with sound, particularly sound that stirs them emotionally because of the sequence of notes, will make them pay attention.
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I went to London and performed in Eric Clapton's concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I'll work with him any time he asks me.
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There are notes between notes, you know.
