Eric Whitacre quotes
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“The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified.”
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“Write the music your inside-you needs your outside-you to hear.”
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“I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now more than ever that singing is a universal, built-in mechanism designed to cultivate empathy and compassion.”
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“When I had my first experiences of choral singing, the dissonance of those close harmonies was so exquisite that I would giggle or I would tear up, and I felt it in a physical way.”
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“Nerves, stress and the pressure to perform are a part of life. You don't have to conquer these feelings; just learn to live with them.”
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“I think [the virtual choir] speaks well to a benevolent future for the Internet.”
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“When I think of people I am close to, I genuinely feel that I can include Josh Lyman, Toby Ziegler, C.J. Cregg and Sam Seaborn.”
-- Eric Whitacre
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“Music makes your soul feel amazing while you're performing it.”
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“Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.”
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“I knew when I was in high school that I wanted a job where they'd applaud if I showed up.”
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“There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.”
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“I'm not performing miracles, I'm using up and wasting a lot of paint...”
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“Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.”
Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.125, Thomas Nelson Inc
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“Death is robbed of much of its terror for the true believer.”
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“I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.”
Source : Charles Baudelaire (2013). “Flowers of Evil and Other Works: A Dual-Language Book”, p.263, Courier Corporation
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