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Some great Henry Ford quotes

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Yeah, this is what I basically tell my students: practice from the head, play from the heart.

04/26/2012, by 0 replies
  Wonka

"We are the dreamers of dreams, we are the music makers." This was in response to a "what's the point?" type of question. In resp...

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"To err is human; to forgive is canine" ~ anonymous...

12/30/2006, by 0 replies
  Henry Ford

Hi Folks, I just ran across a page of Henry Ford quotes and they are kind of inspiring. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/henry_ford.html...

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"Oops - can't spell rude words.

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." (Einstein)...

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Evil men rule when good men do nothing.

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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ~ Edmund Burke "He who makes a beast of himself gets ri...

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Jazz is an art form that depends on its antecedents, there must be respect for the people that have gone before. ~ Jon Hendricks External instruments a...

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However some valuable tidbits should not be shared, or you may find yourself replaced on the job!...

03/26/2006, by 0 replies
  Chinese Proverb:

"When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others."...

03/25/2006, by 0 replies
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Very good advice.

03/25/2006, by 0 replies
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I just made this one up in another room, but I like it: Play from the heart, practice from the head.

03/15/2006, by 0 replies
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"If I wanted to have fun, I'd go fishin'. When I play jazz it is to further jazz not to have "fun". I stray from playing piano when around f...

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"Love is the answer" Lennon...

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"Chopin NEVER played his own compositions twice alike, but varied each according to the mood of the moment, a mood that charmed by its very waywardnes...

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[sf] Tht reminds me of a favourite of mineLudwig Mies van der Rohe quotes: "Less is More!...

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"Simplicity is everything. After having exhausted all the difficulties, after having played immense quantities of notes, and more notes, then simplici...

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  Dan somebody said

"Turn up the eagles, the neighbors and listening."...

11/25/2004, by 0 replies
  Walt Whitman

A little poem by Walt Whitman, something to keep in mind in dark times: To The States, or any one of them, or any city of The States, Resist much, obe...

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