What really counts isn't whether your instrument is Baroque or modern: it's your mindset.
Simon RattleRead
Let's face it. Rock and Roll is bigger than all of us
Interpretation
Rock and Roll transcends individual contributions and has a larger cultural significance.
This quote by Alan Freed emphasizes that the impact of Rock and Roll music extends beyond individual artists or fans; it represents a broader cultural movement that has influenced society as a whole. Freed suggests that the genre has created a significant legacy that defines generations, making it a powerful element in culture, more than just a form of entertainment.
In practice
In a speech at a music festival to highlight the importance of Rock and Roll in shaping modern culture.
What really counts isn't whether your instrument is Baroque or modern: it's your mindset.
That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether.
You could listen to Woody Guthrie songs and actually learn how to live.
When I go to a gig and I hear a song that I really like, a song that hits home to me or hits an emotional nerve, if I could ever recreate that for someone, that would be the ultimate goal.
I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't.
I'm probably the only one in the world you can name that's worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy, Ray Charles, Aretha, Michael Jackson, rappers. 'Fly Me to the Moon' was played on the moon by Buzz Aldrin. Sinatra. Paul Simon. Tony Bennett. I'm the only one.
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