The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto Quotes

“And you will be scared again. All your life. You must conquer this. Face them and pretend that aren't there”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“The rain rapped the roof like mallets. The thunder was a tympani drum. Downstairs the raiders set fire to the refectory and the flames crackled like a hundred castanets. Those few who had not fled the church were screaming, high, pleading shrieks, met by lower barking orders of those committing the atrocities. The low and high voices, the crackling fire, whipping wind, drumming rain and crashing thunder created an angry symphony, swirling to a crescendo, and just as the invaders threw open the tomb of Saint Pascual, ready to desecrate his bones, the bells above the basilica began to chime, causing all to look up.
At that precise moment, Frankie Presto was born.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“He was switching between classical riffs and the jazz tune, “Body and Soul.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“Monsieur Django, I presume?” Duke Ellington said, offering his hand. “Monsieur”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“Dizzy Gillespie, the jazz trumpet player, once said, “It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play.” He was one of my special ones. And he was quite correct. Silence enhances music. What you do not play can sweeten what you do. But”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“Barely pausing between songs, he played American compositions like “St. Louis Blues” and “Tiger Rag.” He played “Parfum” from the gypsy legend Django Reinhardt. He”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“There are moments on earth when the Lord smiles at the unexpected sweetness of His creation. This was one of those moments.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“Memories are not in places, Papa. Memories are in your mind. They're here, too.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“Loneliness was like an ogre hovering over those activities”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“You humans are always locking each other away. Cells. Dungeons. Some of your earliest jails were sewers, where men sloshed in their own waste. No other creature has this arrogance—to confine its own. Could you imagine a bird imprisoning another bird? A horse jailing a horse? As a free form of expression, I will never understand it.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“I am Music. And I am here for the soul of Frankie Presto. Not all of it. Just the rather large part he took from me when he came into this world. However well used, I am a loan, not a possession. You give me back upon departure. I”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“Animals not only make music, they hear it in unique fashion.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

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― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“I’m creaking,” he would sigh to Aurora. “Someone’s getting old,” she’d say. “But not you.” “Nope. I could still climb a tree.” “Mmm,” Frankie would grumble.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“The song was called “Lágrima.” It means “teardrop.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“All lonely roads lead back to music. I embrace you. I forgive you. I will never leave you. Can humans say the same?”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“The song gave him comfort. That is often why you come to music, isn’t it? To feel that you are not alone?”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“Artists believe that art makes all behavior acceptable. I do not agree. And I told him so.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“This, by the way, is hardly the first time one of your has discouraged one of min. If I possessed a metal link for every tongue-clucking human who said a child was too young, the instrument too large, or the very idea of pursuing music was "a waste of time," I could wrap your world in chains. Disapproving parents, dismissive record executives, vindictive critics. sometimes I think the greatest talents of all is perserverance.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“First rule of friendships mates: learn how to keep a secret”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“There are moments on earth when the Lord smiles at the unexpected sweetness of his creations.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“What is played from the heart can be played anywhere.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

“Talent is a piece of God's shadow. And under that shadow human stories intersect.”
― Mitch Albom, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto