Charlie Parker (Yardbird and Bird) Quotes
Any musician who says he is playing better either on tea, the needle, or when he is juiced, is a plain, straight liar. When I get too much to drink, I can't even finger well, let alone play decent ideas. ... You can miss the most important years of your life, the years of possible creation.
Quotes to Explore
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.
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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.
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I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
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The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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Little Zac had it easy – but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.
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We, as Americans, do our level best to avoid being cruel to one another; we're led out of a diverse nation to come together and learn how to live with one another in a way that elevates everyone and our way of life. We've tried mightily to renew and imagine - imagine anew what it means to be free, what it means to be fair.
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Internally, you experience rowing as a graphic microcosm of life - solitude, learning, work, rest, nourishment, sharing and ultimately challenge.
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Any musician who says he is playing better either on tea, the needle, or when he is juiced, is a plain, straight liar. When I get too much to drink, I can't even finger well, let alone play decent ideas. ... You can miss the most important years of your life, the years of possible creation.
