Cecil Taylor (Cecil Percival Taylor) Quotes

Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"

Cecil Taylor

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• I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.

  

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• I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to explain why not, as it's possibly no different from saying you don't eat gourmet dinners or play tennis while you're at the keyboard.

  

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• Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.

  

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• I know my life story sounds too extraordinary to be true.

  

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• My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.

  

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• My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.

  

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• No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

  

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• If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.

  

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• I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.

  

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• In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings.

  

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• I don't want to be the actor who's followed by paparazzi, you know? I would like to just do good work and have that work be respected and acknowledged.

  

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• It's one thing to say, 'I don't like what you said to me and I find it rude and offensive,' but the moment you threaten violence in return, you've taken it to another level, where you lose whatever credibility you had.

  

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• The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.

  

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• Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino's box.

  

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• I really love writing, but I am very easily distracted: my two cats fighting, a rainbow, a TV show... I have to use every trick to keep myself at the computer.

  

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• I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.

  

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• Russian hacking of the DNC is a problem, not a scandal.

  

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• I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.

  

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• Mom and Dad are truly my heroes. And I have to say, so is my little brother Robert. He's 11, and he's just the most amazing boy. He's so much like Dad sometimes, it's a bit scary.

  

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• My frank response to all sex questions is that there is too much significance put on them to begin with. Sex is part of human nature, and I don't know why such a big deal is made out of it.

  

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• I don't know why, it's just what I feel inside, the thoughts that I sing about. It's just my truth. Sometimes my emotions can be mistaken for messages.

  

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• Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"

  

  Cecil Taylor
  • Sometimes
  • Wonder
  • Piano