Andr%c3%a9 Previn/personal Life

Famous quotes containing the words previn, personal and/or life:

    “The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always greater than its performance—Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, for instance, is always greater than its performance—whereas the way jazz is performed is always more important than what is being performed.”
    —AndrĂ© Previn (b. 1929)

    “If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)