Tunes Quotes

“Finally Bill Mixter would lower his head, lay his bow upon the strings, and draw out the first notes of a tune, and the others would come in behind him. The music, while it lasted, brought a new world into being. They would play some tunes they had learned on the radio, but their knowledge was far older than that and they played too the music that was native to the place, or that the people of the place were native to. Just the names of the tunes were a kind of music; they cal l back the music to my mind still, after so many years: "Sand Riffle," "Last Gold Dollar," "Billy in the Low Ground," "Gate to Go Through," and a lot of others. "A fiddle, now, is an atmospheric thing," said Burley Coulter. The music was another element filling the room and pouring out through the cracks. When at last they'd had their fill and had gone away, the shop felt empty, the silence larger than before.”

“Finally Bill Mixter would lower his head, lay his bow upon the strings, and draw out the first notes of a tune, and the others would come in behind him. The music, while it lasted, brought a new world into being. They would play some tunes they had learned on the radio, but their knowledge was far older than that and they played too the music that was native to the place, or that the people of the place were native to. Just the names of the tunes were a kind of music; they cal l back the music to my mind still, after so many years: "Sand Riffle," "Last Gold Dollar," "Billy in the Low Ground," "Gate to Go Through," and a lot of others. "A fiddle, now, is an atmospheric thing," said Burley Coulter. The music was another element filling the room and pouring out through the cracks. When at last they'd had their fill and had gone away, the shop felt empty, the silence larger than before.”

“Sometimes the tunes of our songs are not melodious. Sometimes they are just without emotion, flesh, breath, or thought.”

“You are a priceless gift to the world. Your presence on earth is highly important and necessary. Therefore, it's time to stop dancing to other people's tunes and start creating your own. Your true purpose in life is different from everyone else's. You were created with a unique powerful mind. So why not put it to use?”

“Why should the devil have all the good tunes?”

“He did not see any reason why the devil should have all the good tunes.”

“I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.”

“What am I doing here, Reena? Why am I dancing to the tunes of that old hag?’‘You are saving your family.”

“Both of my parents have been actors there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time. I grew up with that. ”

“Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.”

“The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.”