James Galway
James Galway
Sir James Galway, OBEis an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man With the Golden Flute". Following in the footsteps of Jean-Pierre Rampal, he became one of the first flute players to establish an international career as a soloist...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionFlute Player
Date of Birth8 December 1939
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
crossed kid mind nervous
When I was a kid I was nervous too and it never crossed my mind to take drugs.
great life married year
The year 1984 was one of the great years in my life being the year I married Jeanne.
bought breeze buy flute general intended top truthfully wind
There is no way Top Wind can think that I am going to breeze in and buy a flute, so I can truthfully say that the flute I bought from them was intended for the general market.
playing spoken
I think too much is spoken of playing things slowly.
apply method tension
It is my method to apply tension at all times.
flute
I always play the flute with the head-joint which comes on it.
genius musical wrote
He was the outstanding musical genius of all time, when you think of how much he wrote and how long he lived.
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My wife Jeane has been listening to me play the flute nearly everyday for the last 22 years or more. She thinks I sound the best on gold but that the other metals have different qualities.
discussing metal noticed
As you probably have noticed I have never really recommended one metal over another when discussing flutes.
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I practice my concerti and recitals till it looks easy.
blow octopus trying
...I got to try the bagpipes. It was like trying to blow an octopus.
running blessing boredom
Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.
running new-day use
Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.
enough
You cannot prepare enough for anything.