Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community.


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Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.
PAUL SIMON
Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
PAUL SIMON
Listen to the sound of silence.
PAUL SIMON
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the s...
PAUL SIMON
I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It&...
PAUL SIMON
Nike doesn't want to make products for everyone - they want to make products for champions.
SIMON SINEK
Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.
SIMON NEWCOMB
A country's economic growth may be defined as a long-term rise in capacity to supply increasingl...
SIMON KUZNETS
My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.
SIMON NEWCOMB
If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.
SIMON COWELL
My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.
SIMON COWELL
When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables...
SIMON COWELL
I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like g...
SIMON COWELL
My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'
SIMON COWELL
I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical,...
SIMON COWELL
The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed a...
SIMON COWELL
I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.
SIMON COWELL
I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do i...
SIMON COWELL
You are a saucy little thing aren't you?
SIMON COWELL
Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.
SIMON COWELL
I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of,...
SIMON COWELL
The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love.
SIMON COWELL
I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can&#...
SIMON COWELL
I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly...
SIMON COWELL
You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.
SIMON COWELL
Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.
SIMON COWELL
You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.
SIMON COWELL
Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELL
I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looki...
SIMON COWELL