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If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play with them Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn, they have a wonderful light feeling for that.


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KURT VONNEGUT I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. ...
KURT SUTTER Assess Bitcoins? All you can do is examine the trading patterns, which do not provide a real analysi...
KURT EICHENWALD A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achiev...
KURT LEWIN I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science f...
KURT VONNEGUT I have no problem with responsible gun owners who own weapons for self-protection, hunting, or just ...
KURT EICHENWALD Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It a...
KURT COBAIN This is Sunday, and the question arises, what'll I start tomorrow?
KURT VONNEGUT I love how my sport reaches out to people with the music and story lines, the glory of standing up f...
KURT BROWNING Evolution can go to hell as far as I am concerned. What a mistake we are. We have mortally wounded t...
KURT VONNEGUT My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be...
KURT COBAIN Bitcoins are not a real investment; they are bets inside a casino. If the price goes back up, don...
KURT EICHENWALD All the great game show hosts have a signature 'look,' from Bob Barker's year-round Braz...
KURT BRAUNOHLER The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Pra...
KURT VONNEGUT I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important thin...
KURT COBAIN I created lots of characters in high school and college, and the first character I created in pro co...
KURT BUSIEK In Canada, you can't even have a barbecue in your backyard without being attacked by a moose or ...
KURT ANGLE I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge...
KURT RUSSELL Man's inhumanity to man is as old as humanity itself. Some people just do evil things. Most do n...
KURT SUTTER My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosom...
KURT COBAIN I remember seeing Tony Bennett on television. He was the only guy in the orchestra who was wearing a...
KURT ELLING Too often, it seems, conservatives have scorned experts as incompetent, biased, or otherwise worth i...
KURT EICHENWALD I was not an anthropology student prior to the war. I took it up as part of a personal readjustment ...
KURT VONNEGUT I think big business is a terrible thing for the spirit of the country, as our spirit is the best th...
KURT VONNEGUT Basically, whenever someone says they're wrong, conservatives too often fall back on claims that...
KURT EICHENWALD When I'm being funny, I try not to offend. I don't think much of what I've done has been...
KURT VONNEGUT I consider myself very fortunate. I have a beautiful wife who supports my work and is raising our da...
KURT ELLING John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down.
KURT COBAIN The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn't really going to do very muc...
KURT VONNEGUT I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male - or the America...
KURT COBAIN If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying...
KURT COBAIN Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut.
KURT VONNEGUT You know what i hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts.
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