"If you look at my collaborations, it is very much in line with all these others in the sense that it is a building of community, particularly among artists of color. This is what I learned from the example of elder African-American artists, which is where it is all coming from; to refuse to be silenced."

-- Vijay Iyer

#Artist Quotes #Color Quotes #Community Quotes

“One of the advantages of science is that one's work, ultimately, is either replicated or it is not.”
“You’re not looking at Morris Cerullo; you’re looking at God; you’re looking at Jesus.”
“The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.”
“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.”
“Men are allowed to get older and women are not.”
“Years ago I sang on a track using that voice and someone asked, 'Who is that terribly depressed man' ... But Patrick loved it. He said, 'You sound like a young boy, like a child, like an old woman, like an old man,' and really, we all have all of those things inside of us. I don't do any vocal gymnastics to make the voice better as I age. If it comes out rougher, then it's true to what's happening. Singing is who I am. I didn't train for it, any more than I trained for anything else I did. I probably should take better care of myself physically, but it goes against the grain.”

Source : "The Spirit Of Dead Can Dance". Interview with J. Poet, www.sfgate.com. September 18, 2005.
“I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.”
“Only men are capable of aesthetic greatness.”

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