Music Journalism Quotes

“The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornithologists written by birds”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

“It is surprising how few people really understand or see what goes on around them, and how many fewer can recall it later on. The key is to practice your observational skills.”
― Leticia Supple, Music Journalism 101: The definitive resource for new and established writers

“It is an opinion of mine - borne through long experience - that the best music writers are writers first. Hopefully they have an understanding of music, too, in any of its forms. It's bloody hard work to write about a time signatures when you have not a clue what a time signature is!”
― Leticia Supple, Music Journalism 101: The definitive resource for new and established writers

“It is in their works, their intelligence, and in the deployment of their art that makes critics great, not necessarily the formal training they undertake.”
― Leticia Supple, Music Journalism 101: The definitive resource for new and established writers

“The best advice I can give you at this point, though, is to trust your gut and be honest. Write your own opinion into the review, support every single statement with good reasoning, so your readers know exactly why you are making hat statement. And make sure that nothing you write is generic.”
― Leticia Supple, Music Journalism 101: The definitive resource for new and established writers