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Thelonious Monk Quotes

Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture Picture Quote #1

Everyone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you feel it Picture Quote #1

Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself Picture Quote #1

Interviewer: What other interests do you have? Monk: Life in general. Interviewer: What do you do about it? Monk: Keep breathing... Interviewer: What do you think the purpose of life is? Monk: To die Picture Quote #1

I don’t know where it’s going. Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens Picture Quote #1

I guess, you know, if I didn’t make it with the piano, I guess I would’ve been the biggest bum Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know where jazz is going. Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens Picture Quote #1

Just because you’re not a drummer doesn’t mean you don’t have to keep time Picture Quote #1

Jazz is my adventure. I’m after new chords, new ways of syncopating, new figures, new runs. How to use notes differently. That’s it. Just using notes differently Picture Quote #1

A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination Picture Quote #1

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me Picture Quote #1

In high school I was a jazz nerd, listened to a lot of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk and stuff like that. Maybe in Harry Pussy I was listening to more horn players Picture Quote #1

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Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture (Thelonious Monk Quotes) Everyone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you feel it (Thelonious Monk Quotes) Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself (Thelonious Monk Quotes) Interviewer: What other interests do you have? Monk: Life in general. Interviewer: What do you do about it? Monk: Keep breathing... Interviewer: What do you think the purpose of life is? Monk: To die (Thelonious Monk Quotes) I don’t know where it’s going. Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens (Thelonious Monk Quotes) I guess, you know, if I didn’t make it with the piano, I guess I would’ve been the biggest bum (Thelonious Monk Quotes) I don’t know where jazz is going. Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens (Thelonious Monk Quotes) Just because you’re not a drummer doesn’t mean you don’t have to keep time (Thelonious Monk Quotes) Jazz is my adventure. I’m after new chords, new ways of syncopating, new figures, new runs. How to use notes differently. That’s it. Just using notes differently (Thelonious Monk Quotes) A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination (Thelonious Monk Quotes) I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me (Thelonious Monk Quotes) In high school I was a jazz nerd, listened to a lot of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk and stuff like that. Maybe in Harry Pussy I was listening to more horn players (Thelonious Monk Quotes)

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