Max Reger was a composer, born in 1873 and died in 1916. It would appear that he had his share of battles with the critics of his day. Here’s a quote attributed to him:
"I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have your review before me. In a moment it will be behind me!" – Max Reger
Still laughing.
I saw this as a poster’s sig in another (musical) board, and thought it was good enough to pass along.
Join the club if you never heard of him before. Nevertheless, I’d liked to have met him. Upon Googling, I found pictures of him that are reminscent of the ever vibrant Teddy Roosevelt.
Erik Satie (1866-1925) once sent a series of cards to a critic who didn’t like his music. One of them said this (translated from French, of course):
"Mr. Jean-Fucker Poueigh, king of the idiots, chief of the nitwits, emperor of the stokers. Asshole. I’m here in Fontainebleau, from where I shit on you with all my might. E.S."
I’m new-found music major, too, ErinPuff! Well, sort of.
Here I am, a 72 year old man, and I just had my first piano lesson yesterday. Spent the whole day practising Mozart’s Minuet in F (aswell as the C, G, and F major scales). Yes, yes, a baby piece, but I have to start somewhere—again.
I bought a Yamaha 270 Clavinova that arrived this past Good Friday, and it’s a marvellous practice piano. But you know all about that stuff, I’m sure.
Actually, I studied piano for a year and a half back in '83-84. My progress was abominable, then, but with my digital piano, I’m certain things will be very different this time. It’s all wonderfully exciting.
[QUOTE=ErinPuff] "Mr. Jean-Fucker Poueigh, king of the idiots, chief of the nitwits, emperor of the stokers. Asshole. I’m here in Fontainebleau, from where I shit on you with all my might. E.S."
[QUOTE]
He would have fit right in here. Just imagine his pit threads.
[QUOTE=ErinPuff] "Mr. Jean-Fucker Poueigh, king of the idiots, chief of the nitwits, emperor of the stokers. Asshole. I’m here in Fontainebleau, from where I shit on you with all my might. E.S."
I know that this is for famous quotes only, from famous people only, but one of my coworkers said one the other day that is worthy of a quotable quotes book.
When another coworker read a fortune cookie that said “You will ovecome adversity through empathy, wisdom, and patience”, the reply was:
Patience? What’s that? I never heard of it. Oh wait, that’s like suck it up, right? - A Very Blonde Coworker
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench; a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”
often erroneously credited to Hunter S. Thompson, but he never said it. However, the sentiment is true.
“I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays of W. Shakespeare, but all they got was the collected works of Francis Bacon.” - Bill Hirst
