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  • I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

  • The high note is not the only thing.

    Music   Crafts   Notes  
  • When comedy is good, it's jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It's all melody to me.

    Art   Way   Comedy  
  • So much can be gained from watching other singers, seeing what they do and what they don't do, seeing how they look when they breathe, how wide they open their mouths for a high note.

    Looks   Mouths   Singers  
    Renee Fleming (2005). “The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer”, p.66, Penguin
  • Be aware of the high notes, Of the blissful faces and their soft messages, And listen for the silent message Of a highly decorated gift.

    Faces   Messages   Silent  
    "Emissaries". Poem by Dejan Stojanovic,
  • If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit the high note. They'll hit that note, they're not afraid, they're gonna exaggerate the fact and make me enjoy it, make me say, 'Wow, I wish I could do that!

    Wish   Singers   Wow  
  • A song is a favorite song, not because the singer can hit and hold a high note, but because of the words, their meaning.

    Song   Singers   Notes  
  • I've been to many funerals of funny people, and they're some of the funniest days you'll ever have, because the emotions run high.

  • Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will break out in tongues of praise, the high note that smashes the glass and spills the liquid.

    Jeanette Winterson (2013). “Written On The Body”, p.9, Random House
  • The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

  • I like to play in the deep register. I was never a high-note specialist. My range goes from the bottom of the horn up to around C or D. High D is about it for me ... about two-and-a-half octaves, I think. But in these two-and-a-half octaves, I can say everything I have to say.

    Thinking   Play   Two  
  • I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.

  • In my mind, it is certainly much nicer to end on a high note rather than on a Stout Pig.

    Pigs   Mind   Ends  
  • Over the years with movies, I've given directors notes.

    Years   Directors   Given  
    Harvey Weinstein Preps U.K. Debut of 'Finding Neverland' Musical" by Stuart Kemp, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 14, 2012.
  • You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

  • So it's nice to know that Rita had that impact, and it was nice to end a character on a high note like that. But, again, in the moment... I always say, nobody was more devastated than me [from Rita's death in Dexter]!

    Nice   Character   Impact  
    Source: www.avclub.com
  • It was like being high when you reach those high notes.

  • When I'm in the car and somebody comes on the radio singing the high notes, I try to sing along.

    Car   Singing   Trying  
  • I had good innings, as the British say. I wrote for 38 years at the top of my form, and I wanted to quit on a high note.

    Years   Quitting   Form  
    "Author Interview: Annie Dillard, Author of 'The Abundance'". Interview with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. March 12, 2016.
  • I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

    Katherine Mansfield (1987). “The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume II: 1918-September 1919”, OUP Oxford
  • A singer can shatter glass with the proper high note," he said, "but the simplest way to break glass is simply to drop it on the floor.

    Glasses   Singers   Way  
    Anne Rice (2013). “The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle”, p.1226, Ballantine Books
  • High expectations are the key to everything.

    "Sam Walton Is Dead At 74; the Founder Of Wal-Mart Stores" by Thomas C. Hayes, www.nytimes.com. April 6, 1992.
  • I did once shatter a chandelier. I was singing with my college choir in Wales. I was the soloist and I hit the high note and there was this massive bang and all this glass came down from the ceiling. I'd like that to be my party trick if I can perfect it.

    Party   College   Glasses  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • What daughter thinks of her parents in flagrante delicto? Yet, my mother, even after years with him, dropped hints such as, 'You know, your father enjoys his matinees.' I never even saw them go to the movies together. What could she mean? All those afternoons, I thought she was upstairs listening to La Traviata, and those high notes apparently were not coming from the radio.

    Daughter   Mother   Sex  
  • Performing isn't only about the acrobatics and the high notes: It's staying in the moment, connecting with the audience in an authentic way, and making yourself real to them through the music. I am more than the notes I hit, and that's how I try to approach my life. You can't get it all right all the time, but you can try your best. If you've done that, all that's left is to accept your shortcomings and have the courage to try to overcome them.

    Real   Trying   Done  
    Idina Menzel @idinamenzel, twitter.com. January 1, 2015.
  • I've also learned to only write songs and melodies that really work for my voice and that I won't have issues doing live. Because you can get really, really comfortable in the comping process: out of five takes, maybe one of those high notes that you struggled to do, nailed it, and then live you're having that challenge of really having to recreate that.

    Song   Writing   Voice  
    "Solange Knowles On Nas, Juvenile And Dance Moves". Interview with Frannie Kelley and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, www.npr.org. February 12, 2014.
  • In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

  • High ends, high spending. We just trying to end life on a high note.

    Trying   Ends   Notes  
    Song: A Million Dollars, Album: Finally Famous 2: UKNOWBIGSEAN
  • There shall be a National Anthem containing incomprehensible words and a high note that normal humans cannot hit without risk of hernia.

    Risk   Normal   Anthem  
    "Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway". Book by Dave Barry, 2001.
  • Belief in oneself is a crucial quality of leadership, because 'a house divided against itself cannot stand.' A leader who fluctuates back and forth sends a very wavery signal. Like the soprano who can shatter glass by finding that high note and holding it, a leader who can hold that high note, without wavering, can shatter walls.

    Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books
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