“You have to find your own shtick. A Picasso always looks like Picasso painted it. Hemingway always sounds like Hemingway. A Beethoven symphony always sounds like a Beethoven symphony. Part of being a master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own.”
“Part of being a Master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own.”
“Cher and share alike. At least in sound. Most of the decisions I make are sound, exactly like Beethoven when he wrote and discarded his 10th symphony.”
“Her voice sounded like a symphony after years of being denied any music”
“Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. And God made one version of you.”
“I'd like to hear your opinion on this piece of Beethoven. And remember, it is not Beethoven who is being examined here.”