"The music should be first, not the ego or the personality or the style."

-- Dewey Redman

#Personality Quotes #Ego Quotes #Style Quotes

“Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers.”
“I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.”
“One's a dog-eat-dog world, and the other one's just the opposite.”
“Always remember that your humanity is what will touch the people of the world.”
“To you who are parents, I say, show love to your children. You know you love them, but make certain they know it as well. They are so precious. Let them know. Call upon our Heavenly Father for help as you care for their needs each day and as you deal with the challenges which inevitably come with parenthood. You need more than your own wisdom in rearing them.”
“Scientific knowledge advances haltingly and is stimulated by contention and doubt.”
“Doing your best, you are going to live your life intensely. You are going to be productive, you are going to be good to yourself, because you will be giving yourself to your family, to your community, to everything. But it is the action that is going to make you feel intensely happy. When you always do your best, you take action.”
“I think that when you have audacity, you will get polarization.”

Source : "Lee Daniels Makes It Personal". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 5, 2012.

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