“What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a perform...” — Earle Brown Quote

What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.

It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.

There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.

Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the 'given' material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control.

The solution of this country's problems lies in black hands.

No matter what government does or does not do, people need to remember the power is in their hands to make their small part of the world better. Set a tone of kindness.

When Jett puts my face in his hands and tells me, 'Mommy you're so pretty' or smells me, it's so wonderful.

I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up.

Violinists' hands aren't the prettiest because of our nails and what our hands have to go through.