Rehearsal Quote
via goenglish.com"Practice is for learning your part. Rehearsal is for learning everyone else's."
I don't remember who said that, but it's a good thing to keep in mind for rehearsals with ensembles of any size.
Gershwin on Jazz
"Don't condemn jazz on the say-so of any old fogy. Avoid musical snobbery. Think for yourself. Live in the musical present, and the past will be even more significant and precious."
- George Gershwin, July 1926
Replace "jazz" with any form of music or art and I think we would all be wiser.
President Obama Quote
"It's easy to sing when tims are good. But it's hard to sing when times are rough. But times like that are precisely when the power of song is most potent." - President Barack Obama, Feb 9, 2010.
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