"There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing."

-- Wynton Marsalis

#Cutting Quotes #Battle Quotes #Band Quotes

“Whatever, I'm getting cheese fries.”
“Save the trees of Ireland for the future men of Ireland on the fair hills of Eire, O.”
“It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'”
“I'm all for a quiet life. I just didn't get one.”
“After she was gone there would be no one who knew the whole of her life. She did not even know the whole of it! Perhaps she should have written some of it down...but really what would have been the point in that? Everything passed, she would too. This perspective offered her an unexpected clarity she nearly enjoyed, but even with this new clarity the world offered no more explanation for itself than it ever had.”

Source : Susan Minot (2010). “Evening”, p.17, Vintage
“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.”

Source : Al Neuharth (1992). “Confessions of an S.O.B.”, Signet
“I had these slinky eyes and a sense of humor.”
“Older audiences are hard to win over. They're very specific in their tastes and critical of new music.”

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