David Amram

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done. ↗

— David Amram

#anything #appreciated #architect #carpenter #composer

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington. ↗

— David Amram

#duke #duke ellington #ellington #few #hear

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics. ↗

— David Amram

#authority #blake #classic #ginsberg #had

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot. ↗

— David Amram

#five #french #french horn #horn #issue

Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special. ↗

— David Amram

#book #could #even #feel #had

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village. ↗

— David Amram

#black #black and white #did #gorgeous #greenwich

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last. ↗

— David Amram

#i #jazz #last #learned #like

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature. ↗

— David Amram

#create #down #encourage #generation #i

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change. ↗

— David Amram

#change #conducting #feeling #music #orchestra

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture. ↗

— David Amram

#artist #education #enormous #had #knowledge