Jason Moran Quotes
Jazz musicians don't make any money, so I might as well make some on the market. I pick my own stocks - Microsoft, Dell - the tech stocks, the breadwinners.
Quotes to Explore
-
People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
-
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
-
What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
-
But, I swear, they're turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they're also keeping her really motivated, ya know? Like, wanting to be a rock journalist. Wanting to be the first woman president.
-
The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
-
CGI has fully ruined car crashes. Because how can you be impressed with them now? When you watch them in the '70s, it was real cars, real metal, real blasts. They're really doing it and risking their lives. But I knew CGI was gonna start taking over.
-
I don't look at myself as suffering.
-
We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
-
The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
-
In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
-
I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
-
If I present a boring personal life to my readers, it's going to be harder for them to think of my novels as thrilling.
-
I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
-
I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
-
I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
-
Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
-
The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
-
Great books are rare.
-
If one takes a public stand against, say, most any sin you can think of, one is considered "courageous" and a "defender of the faith." Folks will quickly applaud you and tell you how much they admire you for "taking a stand" on biblical truth. Except if you quote Matt. 5:44 and invite people to apply it in any sort of meaningful, literal way. The moment one begins to talk about loving your enemies they all of a sudden become "liberals," "extremists," or are accused of completely taking an otherwise straight forward passage "out of context.
-
I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
-
You have to have honesty to the product. You have to meet consumer expectations. You give them value for their money and give them a product that they need. I don't see anything wrong with all these things. And I don't think it's a bad thing to meet consumers' expectations.
-
Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life.
-
Running for money doesn't make you run fast. It makes you run first.
-
Jazz musicians don't make any money, so I might as well make some on the market. I pick my own stocks - Microsoft, Dell - the tech stocks, the breadwinners.
