Word: artists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their own retreat into the purely aesthetic sentiments they thought they saw in music. A cartoon of the period showed Tennyson reading his poems to an audience consisting solely of an enraptured Queen Victoria sitting at the opposite end of a long palace drawing room. The world of the artist was closed off from the offenses of the world outside...
...isolated artist and yet a humane one. For while he did nothing which could directly solve the problems which distressed him, he was an artistic inspiration. Bach's music, Casals said, "reached the heart of every noble thought," and he brought this nobility before more and more people...
...slob. You are the fattest, homeliest, most disgustingly horrible bucket of lard I have ever seen, and it is appalling to have to look at you." He continues insulting her-agreeing with her self-image and exaggerating it. The woman reduces to 140 Ibs., finds work as a fashion artist and becomes engaged...
Sherrill has no formula for that sound, but defines his stock in trade as feeling with a beat. "The song is so much more important than the artist, the producer, the studio or the record company," he says. He is one of the few record producers who tries to listen to every song submitted to him. After selecting the song, he relies on a series of instinctive, spontaneous choices in the studio, as a recent session with Country Star David Houston demonstrated. With Sherrill listening intently, Houston ran through The Lady of the Night...
When asked why he likes to work on concrete, Sam says "As an artist I am interested in external relationship: time, place and function. By working on the sidewalks I give my art a permanent place. With an easel it's different. You can't give your work any definite location in space. I make my art a part of its environment and I give it a function in that environment...