"I grew up in New York. We were all diversified, as far as music was concerned. I grew up liking just about everything. So I tried to incorporate that into my playing, although the original school where I came from was Afro-Cuban music. But I liked all kinds of music -- I tried to bring that into everything."

-- Don Alias

#New York Quotes #School Quotes #Afros Quotes

“I shall create! If not a note, a hole./If not an overture, a desecration.”
“I love writing literary stuff. My favorite writer is definitely Edgar Allan Poe - so imaginative and prolific. My second favorite writer would have to be Shakespeare - I love the emotion and human truths he touches on so beautifully.”
“Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.”

Source : "Fictional character: C-3PO". "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope", www.imdb.com. 1977.
“Our response to temptation reveals the substance of our faith.”
“This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water.”

Source : Charles Olson (1966). “Selected Writings of Charles Olson”, p.231, New Directions Publishing
“Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.”
“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.”
“I would often be a coward, but for the shame of it.”

Source : Ralph Connor (1900). “Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks”, New York ; Toronto : F.H. Revell Company

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