A lot of the music that you listen to now is because of the things that the Meters did, the Neville Brothers did, and theyre there, the guys who invented those beats that the guys sample today. Such an enormous opportunity. – Harry Connick, Jr.
Pop is a little bit theatrical. Thats the whole vibe. Thats the point – is that its great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, its a presentation. Theres a showmanship about it. And thats why I wanted to be a pop star. – Adam Lambert
Many politicians lay it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. – Thomas Macaulay
The one happiness is to shut ones door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create to create life in that isolation from life. – Eleanora Duse
