I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.

What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.

The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point.

Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.

His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?

I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed.

People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your own world.

Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.

People says you are not going to take anything with you at the end but people, mind that you are going to leave a lot behind you.So be precise for your deeds n trail you left. :)

It's said that there's three sides to a story: yours, mine, and the truth. Check out God in Wingtip Shoes and The Prison Plumb Line to explore all three.

I know now that patriotism is not enough I must have no hatred and bitterness toward anyone.

Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally beyond all thanks!

I have insomnia, and it's hard for me to sit still for a long time. My mind is always "tick, tick, tick."

Everybody in politics lies.

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Almost every venerable tradition at a men's club starts out as a joke.

I like to wear less make-up and be tougher. The primp stuff is exciting for people, but it's less exciting for me. It's definitely fun, but I like low maintenance.

The harder you chase something, the faster you go and the less you're able to let life meet life. If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down.