"Jazz is something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live."

-- Ray Brown

#Music Quotes #Jazz Quotes #Feels Quotes

“Itâ€™s been too hard living, but Iâ€™m afraid to die. â€˜Cause I donâ€™t know whatâ€™s up there, beyond the sky.”
“...my policy is not how fast you play, it's not how much you play but it's what you play and where you play it ... play for the commercial side of the music ... the word I still use today is called "simplicity" .. it is so important that you use simplicity in your playing and in your music ...”
“Behind each great man, there's a Richard Delisle.”

Source : "'L'Abeille et l'architecte' ('The Bee and the Architect')". Book by François Mitterrand, Chapter 6, 1980.
“You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.”

Source : "Eve of Battle Speech". James Mattis' words in a message to the 1st Marine Division, The Weekly Standard, March 1, 2003.
“Age-old question: Is the glass half empty or half full? Answer: Who cares? Does it really matter whether the glass is half full or half empty? The issue is whether it quenches your thirst.”
“The group of guys I have... They are playing off straight motivation.”
“My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.”
“Time is not a linear flow, as we think it is, into past, present, and future. Time is an indivisible whole, a great pool in which all events are eternally embodied and still have their meaningful flash of supernormal or extra - sensory perception, and glimpse of something that happened long ago in our linear time.”

Source : Frank Waters (1999). “Mountain Dialogues”, Swallow Press

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