There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. A lot of times I have, and the song wasn't that good, but I would get lost in that melody, and I'd want to do the song.
Interpretation
The beauty of music lies in its melody, which can captivate and transport the listener regardless of the song's overall quality.
George Jones emphasizes the enchanting power of melody in music, suggesting that even if a song may not be considered great, its melodic elements can draw the listener in and create a profound emotional experience. This highlights the special connection many people feel towards melodies, which can evoke strong feelings and memories, allowing them to immerse themselves in the art of music deeply.
In practice
Using this quote in a speech about the importance of music education.
A girl’s got to use what she’s given and I’m not going to make a guy drool the way a Britney video does. So I take it to extremes. I don’t say I dress sexily on stage - what I do is so extreme. It’s meant to make guys think: ‘I don’t know if this is sexy or just weird.
With film roles, it just has to be a character either I haven't done before, or a role with somebody really interesting or with an interesting person or group of people.
Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting their perspectives so as to share their experiences. This allows us to enjoy fictional events that would shock and sadden us in real life.
The poetical impression of any object is that uneasy, exquisite sense of beauty or power that cannot be contained within itself; that is impatient of all limit; that (as flame bends to flame) strives to link itself to some other image of kindred beauty or grandeur; to enshrine itself, as it were, in the highest forms of fancy, and to relieve the aching sense of pleasure by expressing it in the boldest manner.
Whatever's merely willful, and not miraculous (be never it so skilful) must wither fail and cease - but better than to grow beauty knows no.
Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete!
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