Genious "Quotes"!

I found a really awsome quote by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
And therfore I made this topic so others, who find somthing like this by Chopin or others componists, can post it here.


Frederic Chopin:

"For what kind of fool would I be if i played the same piece the same way twice"


- Loved it

VERY GOOD topic idea!!!!!



Ok here's mine... *ehem*...*clears throat*

Franz Liszt once said:

"Think ten times...Play once"

Oh I love these too
Bela Bartok said:
"Competitions are for horses, not artists."

and something about his approach of music what our improvisation team might like
"It may sound odd, but I do not hesitate to say that the simpler melody, the more complex and strange may be the harmonizations and accompaniments that go well with it,"

Ferenc Liszt was not only virtuoso but a great entertainment to his audience. He had a great sense of humour.

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.


I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill.

Sometimes Im wondering what would he say if he would lived longer and could listen to contemporary music

Hehe.. Good quotes =))

You dobbelpost Alot Maggie On a posthunt??

thomandy wrote:Hehe.. Good quotes =))

You dobbelpost Alot Maggie On a posthunt??

I did not think I double post a lot.
New thought new post ...
if I would "posthunt" I would post every single quote separately or I could even comment my own comments I guess

maggiekedves wrote:

thomandy wrote:Hehe.. Good quotes =))

You dobbelpost Alot Maggie On a posthunt??

I did not think I double post a lot.
New thought new post ...
if I would "posthunt" I would post every single quote separately or I could even comment my own comments I guess

Hehe, you dobbelpost alot hehe
I always edit my last post if I think of something new to say when no one else has said anything.
But dont take it the wrong way. Post as much as you like I just noticed it, and thought I'd mention it to you; that I see you dobbelpost often

thomandy wrote:
But dont take it the wrong way. Post as much as you like I just noticed it, and thought I'd mention it to you; that I see you dobbelpost often

I guess Im just lazy to edit my posts Thats not real life like... I might change my mind or something and then you dont see the progress
Anyway good for you, keep editing your posts and keep coming up with your great ideas
The forum would be the same without you I know that we all agree on that

maggiekedves wrote:
The forum would be the same without you I know that we all agree on that

Hehe Hope you meant - Wouldnt?!
So tnx for that =) But it wouldnt be tha same without your cindness and helpfullness either

thomandy wrote:

maggiekedves wrote:
The forum would be the same without you I know that we all agree on that

Hehe Hope you meant - Wouldnt?!
So tnx for that =) But it wouldnt be tha same without your cindness and helpfullness either

Im sooooooooooooooooooooooory yes I meant that ... thanks Im kind of doing several things at the same time.
So it would not be the same without you. Thanks for the response .... and you know after nicely complementing each other... lets stop being soooo off topic in the Quote section, you agree?

I agree - Then I give you a task.
Find another GREAT Qote from eiter mozart or beethoven to get this topic back on track

thomandy wrote:I agree - Then I give you a task.
Find another GREAT Qote from eiter mozart or beethoven to get this topic back on track

Well back to a little bit more musical topic .. some stories ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was so fond of full harmony that he would make constant use of an instrument's pedals. When he was unable to reach them with his feet, he is said to have pressed them using a stick in his mouth.
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While rehearsing a Beethoven concerto with the conductor Otto Klemperer one day, the famed pianist Artur Schnabel(1882-1951) began to signal his own preferred tempo to the orchestra from his piano stool. When Klemperer realized what was going on, he promptly stopped the proceedings. "Schnabel!" he snapped, "here is the conductor!" "I know that," Schnabel replied, "and here is the pianist. But where is Beethoven?"
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While performing a new piano concerto one evening, Beethoven began to conduct from his seat at the keyboard (a fairly common practice at the time). At the first sforzando, however, he raised his arms with such passion that he knocked over the piano lights.
Beginning the concerto again (with choir boys holding up the piano lights), Beethoven again dramatically raised his arms, this time striking one of the boys (who dropped his light), causing the other to astutely duck - and sending the audience into fits of laughter.

Acknowledgment for the composers:
Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or what pretty girl wanted it to be thus or thus; but to write solely as I myself thought best, and as it gave me pleasure.
-- Felix Mendelssohn, 1843


An a quote from Johann Sebastian Bach
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

where do u guys find these quotes..
the onli quotes i usually see r like.. the ones in Call of Duty (its a game)
and prob on posters.. hmm..
i like the quotes here.. very interesting

g0tfish wrote:where do u guys find these quotes..
the onli quotes i usually see r like.. the ones in Call of Duty (its a game)
and prob on posters.. hmm..
i like the quotes here.. very interesting

www.thinkexist.com is where I usually find quotes from composers, musicians, etc.

maggiekedves wrote:

An a quote from Johann Sebastian Bach
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

Man! I was JUST about to post that quote and then i saw you had already beat me to it grumble grumble

lol but seriously I LOVED your quotes! I think this is my favorite topic we've had so far

maggiekedves wrote:
An a quote from Johann Sebastian Bach
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

That One was really great

There is an also very interesting quote of Beethoven

"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."

Chopin said
"Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. "

"there are three types of pianists.
Jewish pianists.
Homosexual pianists.
and bad pianists." -Vladimir Horowitz

lol

CripKilla wrote:"there are three types of pianists.
Jewish pianists.
Homosexual pianists.
and bad pianists." -Vladimir Horowitz

lol

Glad I'm a bad pianist

Phobik2000 wrote:

CripKilla wrote:"there are three types of pianists.
Jewish pianists.
Homosexual pianists.
and bad pianists." -Vladimir Horowitz

lol

Glad I'm a bad pianist

haha - me to

So Andrew? Either you are gay or jewish???

"I really don't know whether any place contains more pianists than Paris,
or whether you can find more asses and virtuosos anywhere."
CHOPIN

Well...I'm not homosexual, maybe i've got some past jewish blood i'm unaware of? lol

but i want to know what liszt was then, because he wasn't jewish was he?

Admin Andrew wrote:Well...I'm not homosexual, maybe i've got some past jewish blood i'm unaware of? lol

but i want to know what liszt was then, because he wasn't jewish was he?

No he was Catholic, is that count as Jewish??

No catholic doesn't count as Jewish, Catholics came from romans, when Constantine took over the church and made it his own.

Admin Andrew wrote:Well...I'm not homosexual, maybe i've got some past jewish blood i'm unaware of? lol

but i want to know what liszt was then, because he wasn't jewish was he?

Hehe, then Liszt was homosexual