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“Of all my students, I like Alma Moodie the best”
Carl Flesch, violinist and pedagogue
“Moodie knew violin playing was culturally and spiritually significant”
Goetz Richter, Violinist
“We can’t shut the sound out, you know. Our ears are just kind of permeable. Our bodies are permeable and porous to sound, and sound and vibration have such a huge impact on our psyches, our psychological states and our emotional state.” Liza Lim, Composer
“The lockdown... I think a few weeks in you start to doubt if you can play anymore. It was just so unsure. You crave it and we didn’t know when we would have to play again.”
“For me it is just absolutely obvious that there is nothing more interesting than the human brain, that we know of in the universe.
"For me the interesting musician goes beyond their own instruments and looks into the world of music - piano, chamber music or orchestral - repertoire. If this is your universe, then there is no doubt in my mind you will be the more interesting musician, simply because your whole universe is bigger. "
“I've never really accepted the head and heart distinction. I have always thought that it is part of our cultural heritage and doesn’t represent the real world of our feelings, or the real world of our mind,” Gail Jones
“I think some young singers want to do too much too soon and it's fatal. Some of the young people I don't think realise just how tough it is.” (Joan Sutherland, 1926 -2010)
“New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz. It really was a melting pot of different cultures… so you had all these amazing influences from different cultures and that made jazz and that hasn't changed.”
Jazz Musician Shannon Barnett, in Tall Poppies, The Podcast