When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.
Tony BennettRead
That song helped make me a world citizen. It allowed me to live, work and sing in any city on the globe. It changed my whole life.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects the transformative power of music in connecting people across the globe.
Tony Bennett expresses how a particular song was a catalyst for his global identity, enabling him to thrive in various cultures and cities. It highlights music's universal language, illustrating its ability to break boundaries and change lives by fostering opportunities and connections worldwide.
Themes
MusicCitizenshipTransformationGlobalLife
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about cultural diplomacy, one might say, 'As Tony Bennett said, that song helped make me a world citizen.'
More from Tony Bennett
All quotes βSomeday, when I'm awfully low, and the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.
Tony BennettRead
I lived for 15 years in Los Angeles, and I still can't believe that the handsomest man in the world, Cary Grant, and the greatest performer in the world, Fred Astaire, and Johnny Carson, one after another - they were all in my home at different times. I celebrated my 50th birthday with them. Unforgettable.
Tony BennettRead
My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do
Tony BennettRead
If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.
Tony BennettRead
To me, life is a gift, and it's a blessing to just be alive. And each person should learn what a gift it is to be alive no matter how tough things get.
Tony BennettRead
Similar quotes
The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas.
Raymond ChandlerRead
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
George SantayanaRead
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.
Ray BradburyRead
Blue has no dimensions, it is beyond dimensions, whereas the other colours are not....All colours arouse specific associative ideas, psychologically material or tangible, while blue suggests at most the sea and sky, and they, after all, are in actual, visible nature what is most abstract.
Yves KleinRead
When photographers get beyond copying the achievements of others, or just repeating their own accidental first successes, they learn that they do not know where in the world they will find pictures. Nobody does. Each photograph that works is a revelation to its supposed creator.
Robert AdamsRead
I couldn't possibly write 'Next to Normal,' but God, I can weep and watch 'Next to Normal' five times.
Lin-Manuel MirandaRead