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He writes the kind of music you whistle on the way into the theater.

— Oscar Levant

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What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.

Gene Perret in On the 8th Day — God Laughed (1995)

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

John O'Hara was a terrible bore as a young man—always looking for a fight, and making sure he never found one.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

Memorable Quotations: Jewish Writers of the Past (2005)

Tell me, George, if you had it to do all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?

as recounted by Levant in A Smattering of Ignorance (1940)

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The emphasis of study upon a particular aspect of music is in itself ideological because it contains implications about the music's value.

Lucy Green

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Thomas Carlyle Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827)

Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.

Eduard Hanslick

Above the pitch, out of tune, and off the hinges.

François Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532)

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