I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes enamored melody song
As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices. Mike Stoller blackinterestmusic Change image and share on social
I heard a young black pianist. He was a teenager, I was eight years old, and he was playing boogie-woogie, and he just knocked me out. He thought he was alone in the old barn on the beat-up upright piano, but I was hiding in the corner so he wouldn't see me. Mike Stoller barnbeatblack share on social
I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my taste was far greater than my ability. Mike Stoller abilitygreatjazz Change image and share on social
So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide. Michel Legrand castdecidedirector Change image and share on social
Every age has found some alternative to American values appealing. The number of Western intellectuals enamored of fascism and all the various expressions of Marxism was legion. Dennis Prager agealternativeamerican Change image and share on social
