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Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself. Johann Sebastian Bach

Play, Touch, Will

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. Kurt Cobain

Suffering, Doing, Punk Rock

There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little - the book of Nature. Claude Debussy

Development, Which, Feels

Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed. William Christopher Handy

Love, Mind, Falling

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god. Alan Watts

Possible, Sensitive, Being

If there's any object in human experience that's a precedent for what a computer should be like, it's a musical instrument: a device where you can explore a huge range of possibilities through an interface that connects your mind and your body, allowing you to be emotionally authentic and expressive. Jaron Lanier

Through, Possibilities

I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea. Oscar Peterson

Expressing, Idea, Using

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty. Roger Moore

Modesty, Looks, Some

I'd like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls. John Coltrane

Words, Want, Like

Whether it be personal or musical, I just think I'm a walking art piece, just a ball of creativity. Chris Brown

Art, Think, Ball

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear. - Freddie Mercury

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear. Freddie Mercury

I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement. Fred Allen

Amazing, Play, Amazement

I don't want to do anything and everything. I want to be a brand that, every time I leverage my name, I want people to feel sure that it's going to be something good - so whether it be my movies, my perfume, my restaurant, my musical, it'll be good work, good food and good everything. Shilpa Shetty

Good Work, Feel, Leverage

In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God. Ravi Shankar

Culture, Like, Instruments

I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting. Amy Adams

Think, I Think, Fantasy

I had given myself a sort of early retirement when I left the scene in 1985. All of the people in my family worked until they dropped, including my father. I decided to take a little time to enjoy life. I traveled, built my dream house, rescued a few dogs. My return to music, and acting, was deliberate, part of my musical arc. J. D. Souther

Father, Part, Dropped

There's been lots of theater that uses hip-hop in it, but more often than not, it's used as a joke - isn't it hilarious that these characters are rapping. I treat it as a musical form, and a musical form that allows you to pack in a ton of lyric. Lin-Manuel Miranda

Treat, Been, Hilarious

From a young age, I had done a lot of theater and musical theater. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with my life, but every time I was away from acting, I just felt very incomplete and a little stir crazy. Alexander Koch

My Life, Away, Very

I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content, musical content, spatial content, numerical content, etc. Howard Gardner

The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice. Dayananda Saraswati

Voice, Human Being, Given

I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor. Max von Sydow

Think, The Most Important

With 'Acid Rap,' I allowed myself to be really open-minded and free with who I allowed into my musical space. I wanted to make a cohesive product, but I also just want to make a bunch of dope songs inspired by whatever sounds I liked. Chance The Rapper

Space, Allowed, Cohesive

While musical experts of the world focus on what choir members can do, I would like to focus on what choir members can be. Russell M. Nelson

World, Would, Like

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven. Walter Benjamin

Work, Prose, Built

Musical theater is great; you get painted up, you get to play princesses and witches, and you sing. The joy alone of that can really carry a lot. Chris Pine

Great, Play, Painted

All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to get a hit, because you're chasing your tail that way. It's not going to happen, and if you're successful, you have to do it the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.' Gloria Estefan

Love, Idea, Anybody

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