“But even a wonderful soloist needs a song. Even a pitch-perfect voice needs a message.”
“It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Van.”
“Every woman needed a husband, even if he did silence the song in her.”
“Concerto soloists need applause. Though virtue is said to be its own reward, no one ever said that about virtuosity.”
“A mother needs to be in the home even when the kids aren’t. A messy house sends a coded message to children: “I’m not loveable. Otherwise Mother would dust.”
“In life, perfect pitch is the ability to know someone from the inside out, even better maybe than she knows herself.”