I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really. Steven Patrick Morrissey on music
I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music. James Taylor on music
The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music was born. Lawrence Welk on music
If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you. James Taylor on music
I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me. Diane Kruger on music
One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers. Lawrence Welk on music
Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music. James Taylor on music
I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and allows me to express emotion through my body. I played clarinet as a child, so I guess I have a bit of a musical ear. Diane Kruger on music
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. Pedro Calderon de la Barca on nature
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin on nature
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein on nature
I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. e. e. cummings on nature
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. Abraham Lincoln on nature
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. William Shakespeare on nature
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. Dale Carnegie on nature
In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. Albert Camus on nature
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. Helen Keller on nature
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. Socrates on nature
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. Moliere on nature
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin on nature