"The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners."

-- Pat Metheny

#Player Quotes #Musician Quotes

“People consider me a success because I'm a good football player and make lots of money. But if my heart's not right, if I'm not living a life pleasing to God, I'm a failure.”
“When you're good at something, you should continue to do it. Too many players have stopped at a relatively young age ...”
“Ruby Gillis thinks of nothing but young men, and the older she gets the worse she is. Young men are all very well in their place, but it doesn't do to drag them into everything, does it?”
“In novels and autobiographies, the first positive move that the immigrant makes towards assimilation is to buy himself a suit of city clothes.”

Source : Jonathan Raban (2017). “Soft City: Picador Classic”, p.40, Pan Macmillan
“All that matters is that the thing be the thing of the thing.”
“Maintaining the status quo is the same as regressing; while you are holding your own, others are passing you by. Be harsh on yourself. Do not ever think that you have made it; do not ever be staisfied by what you have done. Drive yourself for the rest of your life. If you do not move, you become paralyzed. Develop your potential to the fullest, for you, too, can wake the sleeping genius at will.”
“Please use your freedom to promote ours.”
“I almost never get recognised in the street.”

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