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Quote by Joseph Addison
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. – Joseph Addison

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Tis not in mortals to command success, but well do more, Sempronius, well deserve it. – Joseph Addison

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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. – Joseph Addison

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The taxpayers cannot be relied upon to support performing arts such as opera. As a taxpayer, I am forced to admit that I would rather undergo a vasectomy via Weed Whacker than attend an opera. – Dave Barry

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I think sometimes could I only have music on my own terms, could I live in a great city, and know where I could go whenever I wished the ablution and inundation of musical waves, that were a bath and a medicine. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Im quite private. And I never wanted to be the biggest star in the world, really. So in that sense Ive got a good balance of doing great shows, of making an appearance every now and then and writing music, and I dont really have to do much else. – Ellie Goulding

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I like having my hair and face done, but Im not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy. – Adele

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