Well, Art. I don't know if you were including my quote in your categorization of some posts as being "clever, witty, or glib "quickie" bumper-sticker type of funny quips".

But, while I do find what my accordion mentor said to me highly amusing, it was, nevertheless, the single most important thing that has been said to me about accordions, and about accordion playing. And it was the single most important turning point in my journey as an accordion player, and as a musician. (I use that term loosely since I feel that I still have a long way to go before I can consider myself to be a real musician.)

For me, accordion playing is an expression of the soul. Some accordions sound like parade music. Parade music is nice if you happen to like it. But it's not my particular bag, and the accordion I had at the time my accordion mentor said that to me was of the "parade music" variety. I didn't know that different kinds of accordions had different "musical souls", and I was very frustrated at the time because I wasn't able to express what I wanted to say, musically, with the instrument I had at the time.

But with that one little bit of information about accordions that was given to me in that quote, a whole new world of musical experience was opened up to me. Now I can express what my soul has to say musically, whether it's a sweet sound, a sexy sound, a dark and brooding sound, or whatever. I can do it all now. I love that, and I'm incredibly grateful to my accordion mentor for giving me that gift.

And here's something that makes it even more wonderful. That quote is something that was said to me in a post right here in the Mudcat. So I'm grateful to the Mudcat for being the place where I first encountered my accordion mentor.