Cecil Taylor (Cecil Percival Taylor) Quotes
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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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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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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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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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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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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All of the people who work in the Russian government and Russian presidential administration, in this way or another, work for Vladimir Putin.
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The Universe is never conspiring against anyone.
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Dance music is like a virus: it has affected so many different genres.
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I was always inundated with music, whether it be my mother's favorites like Fleetwood Mac and Carole King and the Carpenters, or my dad's jazz music.
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I think that my music is really honest and I think I have something to say. The world revolves around so much negativity that I feel we really need something positive right now. I think people need to be encouraged to strive after those things that seem impossible. That is one of the common themes that runs through my record.
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Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.
