Charlie Parker (Yardbird and Bird) Quotes
I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it. I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes that were being used. I found that by using the higher intervals of a chord as a melody line and backing them with related changes, I could play the thing I'd been hearing.
Charlie Parker
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No, you don't have to start your play with a premise. You can start with a character or an incident, or even a simple thought. This thought or incident grows, and the story slowly unfolds itself. You have time to find your premise in the mass of your material later. The important thing is to find it.
Lajos Egri
I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.
Ian Mckellen
I don't sit there writing songs, thinking, 'This would be good for Rihanna.' I don't want to be pitching out like that.
Sam Smith
The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism.
Caitlyn Jenner
If somebody writes a book and doesn't care for the survival of that book, he's an imbecile.
Umberto Eco
With acting, if I'm any good at it, my modeling career would never be a hindrance but would rather be a help. And if I'm not, then it doesn't really matter.
Lily Cole
I'm five feet tall - I'm very petite - so for me, if I'm wearing a skirt or dress, it needs to be short, or else it makes me look frumpy. I need to wear either something really short or a maxi dress; anything in between just looks weird.
Kourtney Kardashian
Wishy-washy equivocations - and not just on abortion, but on immigration, on civil rights, on income inequality - weaken all of us.
Laura Moser
Public-sector union organisers have told me about how firefighters, police officers, and nurses can no longer afford to live in the cities they serve and protect.
Matthew Desmond
I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it. I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes that were being used. I found that by using the higher intervals of a chord as a melody line and backing them with related changes, I could play the thing I'd been hearing.
Charlie Parker