Note Quotes

There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.

When I need the idea, I can find it immediately. I have a horror of rewriting or deleting; the parts of my composition are carried in my head 'till I can write them down, even to the last note. Then I do not alter a jot.

I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end of it.

The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent.

Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes.

Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.

I feel like I need to give people a note with the book that says, 'I'm OK, no worries!'

Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire.

In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.

There's got to be a backbone, there's got to be a skeleton to the whole way I perform, but you never want to hit the same note twice during a performance, I think. I think it's always got to be fresh so it doesn't bore me, and I always want to go out on edge.

Note, that yeast of good Beer, is better then that of Ale.

I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.

Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it.

There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle.

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice.

I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note.

It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.

The Professional Children's School, it's for professional kids, so if you wanted to ditch, you could just write, Audition on a note and leave. I didn't really like school all that much.

I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

There was a note on my dressing room table that said, Call Neil Young.

As you suggested I have in the following disputed certain passages, trusting you will do me the justice either to modify the same or add a note in the new edition stating that I dispute,' etc.

In my mind, it is certainly much nicer to end on a high note rather than on a Stout Pig.

In the end, I hope there's a little note somewhere that says I designed a good computer.

I have never experienced anything like walking out onto the stage of an oversold venue and, before the first note is struck, realizing that there is not going to be enough oxygen for all of us.

If I could offer but one helpful hint to young Hoosiers hoping to better their odds for success in life, I would simply note the importance of thoughtful reading.

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.

Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life.