John Abercrombie Quotes

I grew up listening to Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, guys with blues backgrounds.

John Abercrombie

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I wake up late, say 10 or 11, because we've usually been out and about town until 2 or 3 A.M. listening to music at the jazz clubs or hitting the jazz clubs post-theater.

Tamara Tunie
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- Music
- Listening
My second-grade teacher went around the class and asked everybody what they were going to be when they grew up. I said, 'I want to travel the world,' and he said, 'You'll be married and pregnant by 21, just like all the girls in this room.'

Brown Campbell
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- World
- Travel
There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.

Victoria Azarenka
- Up
- High
- Kind
One of the strangest experiences one can have is to sleep on stage, as I once did in Sydney when I'd lost the key to my flat. I had to stay at night in a bed, which conveniently was on stage because my character Sandy Stone did his monologue from a bed. To wake up looking at a shadowy auditorium is a very peculiar feeling.

Barry Humphries
- Up
- Character
- Night
Growing up, I didn't feel cool; I didn't fit into any crowd.

Madonna Breakfast Club
- Up
- Growing
- Cool
People watch me, waiting for me to slip up, so my privacy has gone - but that's a price you pay.

Samantha Mumba
- People
- Up
- Waiting