"'Jazz Artist of the Century' would have to be a distinctive soloist and ensemble player, a composer, an arranger, a bandleader, and a driver; would have to span all the genres and periods of jazz; would have to have run her own label; [would] possess a deep spirituality, with grace and a sense of humor; and would have to have succeeded against all odds. Who else? Mary Lou Williams."

-- Dave Douglas

#Running Quotes #Artist Quotes #Player Quotes

“The Castro government is disproportionately white given the color of the island. It doesn't look like Cuba.”

Source : "Post-Fidel Plans for U.S.-Cuba Relations, Migration Policy". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. August 2, 2007.
“I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.”
“I'm as proud to be Chinese as I am American.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I wanted it in the way you sometimes want to jump into very cold water, even though you know it won't feel good. I wanted to go numb. To see what it felt like to be someone else.”

Source : Brenna Yovanoff (2011). “The Replacement”, p.50, Simon and Schuster
“It's grown into a personal relationship, yeah. I'm crazy about Jerry. I think he's a unique character.”
“You got a handful of great guys - Ne-Yo, R. Kelly, Usher. You have a handful of great female artists. But for the most part the music world's changing and change is good. You have to make adjustments if you want to survive in that world.”
“Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.”
“Docs are more exhausting because of the physical labor that's required. Feature filmmaking is more exhausting because of politics and the bullshit. You get to the point of rolling film and until you lock picture it's one political game after another. They're both struggles for survival. They are two different worlds.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com

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