Nat Hentoff Quotes

Martin Williams persistently gets at essences, and that is why he has contributed so much to the very small body of authentic jazz criticism.

Nat Hentoff

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• Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.

  

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• Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.

  

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• I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.

  

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• Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

  

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• Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing.

  

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• In Malaysia, we have a lot of divas, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey singers. And they were all so so talented, just very talented. For example, there's this one jazz singer, her name is Sheila Majid, and I was always singing her songs.

  

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• Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.

  

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• As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class.

  

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• I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is.

  

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• My music is jazz.

  

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• I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.

  

  Narendra Modi
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• Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.

  

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• People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you've figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence. Don't be shy or feel intimidated by the experience. You may face some unexpected criticism, but be prepared for it with confidence.

  

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• Critics do their job, and I take their criticism seriously.

  

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• The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails. That is all. And in Cuba, in our America, they make much better cocktails.

  

  Federico Garcia Lorca
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• Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your twenties, but you must fall in love with poems.

  

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• What puzzles me most is your criticism that he showed 'no sense of engagement'. I haven't met the expression before, and feel bound to comment on its totalitarian tang. Engagement not with the truth as the speaker apprehends it, but with the alleged opinion of the majority of listeners.

  

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• The hard part (of communication) is hearing criticism so it can be easily given.

  

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• Like it or not, women are always subject to criticism if they show too much feeling in public.

  

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• Women who write thrillers are called 'dark.' Male writers are called 'powerful.'

  

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• When my mother was young, only two professions were open to women ; teaching and nursing. She chose nursing, but the teaching profession was full of talented women like her, confined there in part because they had few career options.

  

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• In truth, my husband and I were persons of “quite different construction, different bent, completely dissimilar views.” But we always remained ourselves, in no way echoing nor currying favor with one another, neither of us trying to meddle with the other’s soul, neither I with his psyche nor he with mine. And in this way my good husband and I, both of us, felt ourselves free in spirit.

  

  Anna Dostoyevskaya
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• Martin Williams persistently gets at essences, and that is why he has contributed so much to the very small body of authentic jazz criticism.

  

  Nat Hentoff
  • Criticism
  • Jazz
  • Contributed