tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post8371906382613309490..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Lorenz HartNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-30111174104999615992012-11-24T10:05:23.612+00:002012-11-24T10:05:23.612+00:00Oh yes - what a quote! Thanks Mahlerman.Oh yes - what a quote! Thanks Mahlerman.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-24677422426331984902012-11-23T21:44:13.730+00:002012-11-23T21:44:13.730+00:002.46 minutes of Ella perfection - thank you Nige. ...2.46 minutes of Ella perfection - thank you Nige. Hart was indeed a complex man, who lived his life much as you describe so eloquently. All the more extraordinary is it not, that what has been called the combination of 'outward humour and inner hurt' that inhabits his lyrics, never deserted him ever in extremis. This early quote compresses it into a few words: "I was small (when I was born) and am still small, because my heavy brain does not permit me to grow in a vertical direction". Enough to make a strong man weep.mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.com