Quotes About Dedication

Oh yes. It was well worth it, doing things the proper way.

La música es una amante orgullosa y temperamental. Si le dedicas el tiempo y la atención que se merece, es toda tuya. Pero si la desairas, llegará un día en que la llamarás y ella no contestará.

Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer.

Chronicler froze. 'So you're saying I work for you?' 'I'm saying you belong to me.' Bast's face was deadly serious. 'Down to the marrow of your bones.

I stayed because there was no other place I could learn what I desired. Mere whipping could not keep me away from it." There are things I desire to learn, and I can only learn them here." I handed her the hard, dark piece of wood. "If you want me to leave, you must do worse than welts.

Too many people think speed is the hallmark of a good musician.

Sit your ass down and write.

If one student in ten had half his fire I'd teach with a whip and chair instead of chalk and slate.

La excelencia es la única compañera de la excelencia.

That is the way it usually goes in stories: the young man has to prove his dedication to the old hermit in the woods before he's taken under his wing.

I will admit, I've never had a student offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he's worth my time." "This was nothing," I said nonchalantly. "Once I jumped off a roof.

La música es una amante orgullosa y temperamental. Si le dedicas el tiempo y la atención que se merece, es toda tuya. Pero si la desaíras, llegará un día en que la llamarás y ella no contestará.

Love is the willingness to do anything for someone," I said. "Even at detriment to yourself.

at the end of the day, I am a trouper first and all else second. As such, I couldn't ignore the chance for a little showmanship.

You will not find it in the words of poets or the longing eyes of sailors. If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows.

Conozco a uno que una vez tuvo que abrirse una vena para escribirle una nota a su amada. Dramático, es cierto. Simbólico, también. Pero ademas, doloroso, poco higiénico y considerablemente macabro. Desde entonces siempre lleva consigo pluma y tinta.

If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows. I

Auri sabía mejor que nadie que valía la pena hacer las cosas correctamente.

This is why there are so few true musicians. A lot of folks can sing or saw out a tune on a fiddle. A music box can play a song flawlessly, again and again. But knowing the notes isn't enough. You have to know how to play them. Speed comes with time and practice, but timing you are born with. You have it or you don't.

To my patient fans, for reading the blog and telling me what they really want is an excellent book, even if it takes a little longer.

Pedirle a un músico que deje de coger su instrumento es como pedirle a un hombre que deje de besar a su esposa.

Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So

Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed. After

Whatever the art or whatever the craft - and make a note of this before you go - talent means next to nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.