"The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to admit they grew up listening to black music."

-- Smokey Robinson

#White Quotes #Listening Quotes #Black Quotes

“You don't listen to the equipment, you listen through the equipment.”

Source : Bruce Swedien, Bill Gibson, Quincy Jones (2013). “The Bruce Swedien Recording Method”, Hal Leonard Corporation
“As humans, we get filled with jealousy, at times, and rage, and I am no exception. I can get incredibly angry, to the point that I get ashamed of my actions.”
“I'm not even supposed to be here today.”
“I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.”
“I teach that the foundation for our practice is being able to go inward and disconnect from the busyness of our thoughts, that focusing the mind on bodily sensations and breath will ground us in the present moment. Yoga is about realizing who you really are, aside from your persona.”
“I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup.”
“Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody.”
“Revolution does have to be violent precisely because the Pharaoh won't let you go. If the Pharaoh would let you go, the revolution won't have to be violent.”

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