Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Leonard Bernstein Quotes Click here for Leonard Bernstein books Leonard Bernstein: Notes from a Friend "To be a success as a Broadway composer, you must be Jewish or gay. I'm both." "I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer." "Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors." "Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the twentieth century. He introduced the beat to everything: music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution — the 60's comes from it." "To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time." "Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long." "A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future." "In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk. It was a mark of the cultured man to sing." "Life without music is unthinkable. Music without life is academic. That is why my contact with music is a total embrace." |
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