Cecil Taylor (Cecil Percival Taylor) Quotes
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I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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It's a very fascinating thing for an actor to play somebody who is suffering, and you have to express the suffering, but in an inarticulate way and sometimes a dysfunctional way, through violence.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight as well as reading my mother's medical and nursing books. I suspect I was born with a boundless curiosity, and this was encouraged through my childhood.
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When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to publish more than I do.
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When I was eight years old I went to visit my brother who was working on a movie of the week with my mother and I saw how much fun he was having and I decided I wanted to try it too.
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It's unfair to think that we can do what we do with the intensity that we do it and expect injuries to not happen.
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I like Drake's stuff.
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I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.
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As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook.
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But I'm not crazy about the designers like Prada and Gucci. I hate going into designer stores.
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In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.
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Ch. 2 Relativity
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I decided I wanted to be a physician when I was seven years old.
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If you can't get cell phone service in your living room, then your particular provider is failing you. You should have the option to find a network that does work.
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I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to the rink, they make costumes for you. Your parents sit around and watch admiringly while you skate. You don't have to think about anything but skating. You're just plain spoiled.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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I like writing a body of music that has a cohesive, emotional thread through it.
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Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.
