If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance.
I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.
From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of greater importance.
The trumpet is forceful.
If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.
It is one of the oldest maxims of moral prudence: Do not, by aspiring to what is impracticable, lose the opportunity of doing the good you can effect!
Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.
But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction.
Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, I'm as near to being the perfect dog owner as it is possible to be.