"I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice."

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Diahann Carroll

#Kings Quotes #Profound Quotes #Advice Quotes

“By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own.”

Source : Mark Victor Hansen (1989). “Future diary”
“From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it.”
“If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course.”
“I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.”

Source : "'This American Life,' en Español". Interview with Ian Gordon, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2012.
“I was with Miles Davisfor a couple of years as his bass player, and it was a beautiful experience. After two years I said to him, "Listen, man, I want to leave your band." He goes, "Why?" I said, "Because I want to develop not just as a bass player, but I want to get more into composition, into producing, and I'm working with Aretha Franklin and Luther Vandross and all these guys, and I want to really see how much I can grow and develop." He actually gave me his blessing.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but like Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dillon was recorded there. A lot of great records; R&B records, jazz records. It's a lot of great players and great studios.”
“We don't have any splits here. The players country is Liverpool Football Club and their language is football.”
“Don't read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student.”

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