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“Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical itself. It's interesting to see that development.”
“Robert Kapilow is a born teacher, an enthusiast who can think on his feet, a 110 percent believer in the project at hand ... Its a cheering thought that this kind of missionary enterprise did not p...”
“If you are going to hear the work of the worlds greatest composers, you will have to allow for a little murder here and there. [] Those who want justice can go to the police, but those who want som...”
“Rachmaninoff. The 18th Variation of a Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.”
“A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed; it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitab...”
“Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without suffering a case of 'Stagefright Sympathy Sickness'.”
“There was that sound again--snap, then a footfall. She tried to whirl around as a dark form--Dear God--sprang with a splash from the darkness--grabbed her from behind, shoved her under the water.”
“Sometimes in the great soundtrack of our lives there are no words, there are only emotions; I believe this is why God gave us classical music.”
“I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end.”
“If you are going to hear the work of the world’s greatest composers, you will have to allow for a little murder here and there. […] Those who want justice can go to the police, but those who want s...”
