Ethnomusicologist Quotes & Sayings

You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy. — Ian Fleming

What if you go after the love of your life and it ruins you? — Robin York

Ursa Major, Leo, Cepheus. Her breaths came easier and slower with each familiar constellation. — Maggie Stiefvater

I almost chose the career of an ethnomusicologist because I was so fascinated by that music. It gives a different feeling of time. — Pierre Boulez

He greeted me in his usual attire - pajama pants. "Hey stranger!" he said, hugging me for a few long seconds. "I've already set up the board. Can I get you some rose"
I nodded, overwhelmingly relieved to be with another human being - even if he was really a wolf in grandma's clothing. Or was he just a wolf in wolf's clothing? After all, he wore pajamas ... Hmmm. I contemplated all this as he poured me a glass of wine.
"Mind if I smoke?" he asked as he lit up a joint and motioned me over to the sleek brown couch. Italian, of course.
Through the three windows that faced south, north, and west, I saw the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island, where I had paid to have my parents' names inscribed in the immigrant wall of honor. Some American Dream this was! — Inna Swinton

I'm no ethnomusicologist. There is a connection between the five-note scale used both in traditional Chinese music and the blues, but I don't really understand it. All I know is, whenever I play with Chinese musicians, we seem to belong to the same musical gene pool. — Abigail Washburn

Self-taught, are you?" Julian Castle asked Newt.
"Isn't everybody?" Newt inquired.
"Very good answer. — Kurt Vonnegut