I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.
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If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.Cecil Taylor
To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.
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You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.
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The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.
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Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.
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