Brad Mehldau quotes
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“The very fine line between loneliness and solitude, reflection; being alone, always appealed to me when I was a kid.”
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“Romanticism implies nostalgia for damaged goods.”
-- Brad MehldauSource : "Brad Mehldau's Opening, Middle And Endgame". Interview with Mike Brannon, www.allaboutjazz.com. October 7, 2003.
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“There's a pianist out of Boston who made a beautiful record for the Fresh Sound label called 'Sketch Book'; his name is Vardan Ovsepian”
-- Brad MehldauSource : "Brad Mehldau's Opening, Middle And Endgame". Interview with Mike Brannon, www.allaboutjazz.com. October 7, 2003.
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“I've always just tried to be who I am and be honest in terms of what I play. If that reaches a larger group of people, great. If it doesn't - if it remains obscure - that's okay as well.”
-- Brad MehldauSource : Source: www.popmatters.com
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“The music itself, I suppose, is the thing that will survive in my memory, happily.”
-- Brad MehldauSource : Source: www.popmatters.com
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“I guess chemistry always changes when you play with someone else.”
-- Brad MehldauSource : Source: www.popmatters.com
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“I'm not much of a storyteller with words!”
-- Brad MehldauSource : Source: www.popmatters.com
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“I'm happy to have the opportunity to record the records I want to - I'm very aware that that's a privilege.”
-- Brad MehldauSource : Source: www.popmatters.com
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“Being human is the most terrible loneliness in the universe.”
Source : A. A. Attanasio (1997). “The Dragon and the Unicorn”, GuildAmerica Books
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“It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.”
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“Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.”
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Source : "Alan Arkin: Random Advice from an Older Gentleman" by Alan Arkin, www.esquire.com. January 31, 2013.
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