Charlie Parker (Yardbird and Bird) Quotes
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.Charlie Parker
Quotes to Explore
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
E. L. Doctorow -
I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.
Aasif Mandvi -
I don't Twitter, although sometimes I think that I should.
Parker Posey -
As feminism becomes more integrated into mainstream publications and conversation, I feel weary of an obsession of celebrity culture masquerading as activism or as conversation or action. It's clickbait.
Tavi Gevinson -
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
Napoleon Hill -
We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
Carlos Castaneda
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.
Ossie Davis -
The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
Florentijn Hofman -
I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.
Adam Driver -
I am a self-critical perfectionist.
Victoria Pendleton -
Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
Captain Beefheart
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I am a very active audience member. I want to be moved. I want to be confronted. I want to feel.
Edgar Ramirez -
I'm very painful to deal with when I create a shoe.
Manolo Blahnik -
I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
Tallulah Bankhead -
What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
Barry Eisler -
Love is a credulous thing.
Ovid -
Writing a memoir is such a private, personal experience that it's intimidating to think of adapting it for television.
Caitlin Doughty
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I have a really hard time finding good denim.
Camila Alves -
I have done many comedy films. Success of films like 'Partner,' 'Singh is Kinng' gets you to a very wide audience reach. But for greater gains, you need to take greater gambles. If it works, you get respect and recognition.
Katrina Kaif -
The scientific consensus is that climate change is real, urgent, and caused by humans. This science should be both supported and understood by anyone who hopes to lead NASA, one of our nation's top science agencies.
Brian Schatz -
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
Barack Obama -
Since Sandy Hook, I have sat back as a father and been mesmerized by the inability of the federal government to do anything substantively on gun safety.
Gavin Newsom -
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.
Charlie Parker