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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.
- Must
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You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.
- First Thing
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When I came out of the conservatory, the first thing I did was to go see Thelonious Monk.
- Me
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The first record I made, when I listen to it, I understand. I understand perfectly well why certain musicians were unhappy with me. I had to decide: was I unhappy with me? I liked it. If they didn't like it, it was on them.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things Mother said to me, 'You want this, you're going to practice.' And I know how to practice.
- Play
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When you play, when you perform, it might be for the last time, so you got to do it.
- Money
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They say, 'We will give you money, but we want you to play this or that.' And I always thought, 'If I'm going to do that, I might as well go back and be a dishwasher.'
- Die
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I've always tried to be a poet more than anything else. I mean, professional musicians die.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm saying that people who are enmeshed in situations of subjugation and have to live, have to find ways to project their dignity as human beings - in spite of all the efforts of those around them to degrade them - I'm saying that this music is the manifestation of the dignity in the life that has always been present.
- Instrument
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- Nov 07, 2020
Find one note on the instrument that pleases you, and then find another note that also pleases you.
- Hide
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Before he fought Billy Conn, Joe Louis said, 'He can run, but he can't hide.' That's how I feel about New York: You can run from it, but you can't hide.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The emphasis in each piece is on building a whole, totally integrated structure. In doing this, we try to carry on - in ensemble as well as solo sections - the mood of a jazz soloist. I mean that principle of kinetic improvisation that keeps a jazz solo building.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone once asked me if I was gay. I said, 'Do you think a three-letter word defines the complexity of my humanity?' I avoid the trap of easy definition.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020