"I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do."

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Billie Holiday

#Music Quotes #Hunger Quotes

“Technology is not an image of the world but a way of operating on reality. The nihilism of technology lies not only in the fact that it is the most perfect expression of the will to power... but also in the fact that it lacks meaning.”
“I used to live at the Cecil Hotel, which was next door to Minton's [Playhouse]. We used to jam just about every night when we were off. Lester [Young], Don Byas and myself - we would meet there all the time and like, exchange ideas. It wasn't a battle, or anything. We were all friends. Most of the guys around then knew where I lived. If someone came in Minton's and started to play - well, they'd give me a ring, or come up and call me down. Either I'd take my horn down, or I'd go down and listen. Those were good days. Had a lot of fun then.”
“We started the AIDS virus. We are only able to maintain our level of living by making sure that Third World people live in grinding poverty.”
“Life isn't all beer and skittles.”

Source : Tom Brown's Schooldays pt. 1, ch. 2 (1857)
“I love classical music; I love the way it's worked... all those chord sequences so I often use that sort of effect in my solos.”
“When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislikes and be free from the need to make it different, then we are free.”
“This life that I've led has been really well suited for me.”
“The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States, and distributing equally the benefits and burdens of the Union.”

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