Quotes of Note and a Link to Share

"Better is an handful with quietness than both hands full with travail and vexation of spirit."  
found in a blog by Jay Simser (don't know who wrote it)

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"Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself."

Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680)

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"Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect."

Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author (1902-1983)

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"If people have perfect pitch, it merely means that they memorized all the notes on a particular instrument before they were around six years old. These people generally have high levels of musical skill, but this has nothing to do with their perfect pitch ability (which is rather useless). They usually have excellent musical skills simply because they started their musical training before they were six years old. Most musical skill comes as a result of training rather than inspiration: the earlier you begin, the better you will be."

Author: John Powell

from the book: How Music Works

And now for the link I promised:       You'll enjoy this - so go and read!!