Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me. Music education and families are dealing with the economic times, and I wanted to help them. If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
The strength of every democracy is measured by its commitment to the arts.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
I sometimes tell students the only guarantee you've got is the music and no-one can take that away from you. Only you can take that away from you-by not practicing and not putting in enough elbow grease. The more you put into your music, the more your passion for it will grow.
No matter what culture you're from, everyone loves music.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
Art is a nation's most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.
I write music with an exclamation point!
And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.
We can teach about hip-hop history, we can teach about legends, hip-hop theory. It's been around so long that text books can be written about it. This is a perfect time to capitalize on and get kids excited about music education.
Art is fundamental, unique to each of us...Even in difficult economic times - especially in difficult economic times, the arts are essential.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.
If they think they are doing something new, they ought to do what I do every day - spend at least two hours every day listening to Johann Sebastian Bach and, man, it's all there. If they want to improvise around a theme,which is the essence of jazz, they should learn from the master. He never wastes a note, and he knows where every note is going and when to bring it back. Some of these cats go way out and forget where they began or what they started to do. Bach will clear it up for them.
I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more.
The rapidly evolving global economy demands a dynamic and creative workforce. The arts and its related businesses are responsible for billions of dollars in cultural exports for this country. It is imperative that we continue to support the arts and arts education both on the national and local levels. The strength of every democracy is measured by its commitment to the arts.
In music the passions enjoy themselves.
My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.
I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.
In school, I guess I was a difficult, know-it-all type of student... I was always complaining that music education was too academic.
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
When I was 4 years old my mother put me into an early music education school. That's where they taught you perfect pitch and harmony and how to write music and all that. At that time, one of the homeworks was to listen to all the sounds and the noise of a day and transfer that into musical notes.
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