Roy Eldridge famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I was a young cat, and I was very fast, but I wasn't telling no kind of story.
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I didn't know the right names for anything at first, but I knew what knocked me out. Changes... man I dug.
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I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with him. I think he's jiving baby.
-- Roy Eldridge
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You were a stray cat, strutting so free and full of pride. But I could see your open wound. And without really thinking I just chalked it up to another cool thing about you. I never realized how much you hurt.
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To assume a cat's asleep is a grave mistake. He can close his eyes and keep both his ears awake.
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With one of the most bewitching sounds in the world, its purr, the cat persuades us that it thinks we are wonderful.
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I love love stories, no matter how dark.
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I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do.
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The more you are blessed with experience, the fuller and the more enriched you are in your craft.
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I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned to trust the material and the actors.
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If you have a great business, if you're great at your craft people should be coming in there. It shouldn't be this secret.
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If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that'll lead me to their blog, I'm going to their blog.
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Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services!
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