Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (Taj Mahal) Quotes

All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s.

Henry Saint Clair Fredericks

Henry Saint Clair Fredericks

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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.

Sam Francis
- Light
- Darkness
- Increase
Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.

Ja Rule
- Up
- Love
- Door
The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.

W. Somerset Maugham
- Beautiful
- Unity
- Essence
When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.

Karl Lagerfeld
- People
- She
- Mother
I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.

Eddie Izzard
- People
- Character
- Comedy
I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.

Salma Hayek
- Life
- Important
- Small