Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
Andres SegoviaRead
When I started to play with my fingernails, it was not just for volume. The most important thing was giving the guitar different colors in its voices.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of creativity and expression in music over mere technical prowess.
Andres Segovia reflects on his approach to playing the guitar, highlighting that his intention was not merely to increase the sound volume but to enrich the tonal quality and emotional depth of the music. This expresses the idea that true artistry lies in the ability to infuse one's personal touch and emotions into their work, thus creating a unique sound that resonates with listeners.
Themes
MusicArtCreativityExpressionGuitar
In practice
Example use cases
During a music workshop to inspire creativity among students.
More from Andres Segovia
All quotes βSimilar quotes
People on the outside think there's something magical about writing, that you go up in the attic at midnight and cast the bones and come down in the morning with a story, but it isn't like that. You sit in back of the typewriter and you work, and that's all there is to it.
Harlan EllisonRead
Let us not mince words: the marvelous is always beautiful, anything marvelous is beautiful, in fact only the marvelous is beautiful.
Andre BretonRead
When I finish a film, I want to forget it. I never like to repeat myself. Maybe, when I am dead, they will find certain consistencies in the style of my films, but I never want one film to look like another.
Otto PremingerRead
What woeful stuff this madrigal would be, In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens! how the style refines!
Alexander PopeRead
The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down.
A. J. LieblingRead
There must be a story within him/her that wants to come out. That's the reason why 'Dil Chahta Hai,' 'Lagaan,' and 'Rang De Basanti' worked so well: Ashutosh, Farhan, and Rakesh had a story inside them. It's very important that the director should have the fire in the belly to tell the story.
Aamir KhanRead