Your Favourite Musical Quotes!

I was just reading about a member here, who was one time actually asked his religion, as if being Catholic, was some sort of qualification for being able to play Irish Music well! ... Duh!

Apart from that being utterly idiotic, the person asking the question clearly didn't know their history & how the Church at one time was very much against the music, because of course, as we all know ... it leads to Sin! :-)

Anyway, this nonsense got me thinking about wise words & music ... the words of George Carlin sprang to mind, so I thought this might be an opportunity to start gathering up our favourite Musical Quotes.

They can be about music in general, as well as about Irish Music of course & wise words from Irish Musicians are best of all.

So here goes, I hope you'll join in.

"The only good thing ever to come out of religion, was the music." - George Carlin

"Never sacrifice enjoyment for perfection" - Dan O'Connell

"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands - and all you can do is scratch it." - Beecham Sir Thomas 1879 - 1961 (to a cellist)

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Evans on November 21, 2011 at 2:30

"You can't choke good music out of your guitar."

author unknown (to me)

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Permalink Reply by Dick Glasgow on November 21, 2011 at 9:52

"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best." - Henry Van Dyke.

Excellent Paul!

I especially like that, cause I've actually been a keen Bird Watcher for a lot longer than I've been trying to play music.

Cheers,

Dick

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Permalink Reply by Jim McAuley on November 21, 2011 at 10:25

< my own poor Fiddling >

Dick -

I have played along with you, and your fiddling a certianly ' Not ' poor.

it's excellent to be honest.

jim,,,

PS -

I liked that video,,, as for the other ' That's Show Business ' - lol....

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Permalink Reply by Paul Ivory on November 21, 2011 at 11:03

No problem Connie, I'm a beginner at the fiddle myself, so this quote challenges me to persevere.

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Permalink Reply by Jim McAuley on November 22, 2011 at 1:48

Brian -

'' Hi Ho Silver Away '' ... Tell's you everything, doesn't it - lol

jim,,,

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Permalink Reply by Connie Rae Crone on November 22, 2011 at 6:08

Hi Brian,

Wow, a quote from a brilliant big-hearted Texan journalist! He's also quite the "Dead Head" (Grateful Dead fan), as I have heard! Can't listen to REM's "What's the Frequency Kenneth?" anymore without thinking of Mr. Dan Rather. Funny how the mind travels...

~Connie

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Permalink Reply by Paul Ivory on November 23, 2011 at 7:02

"Play the music, not the instrument."

- Unkown

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Permalink Reply by Mike "Ormepipes" Orme on December 5, 2011 at 19:53

I've been trying to track this one down for a while. There are few people who have ever given us such a wonderful supply of quotes as the The Duke of Wellington.

On of his best was a remark regarding the Battle Symphony that was written in his honour by no less a composer than Beethoven himself. Asked by the Russian Ambassador if it was anything like the battle of Vittoria itself, the reply was made......

"Good God no, if it had been, I should have run away myself"