"I love Thelonious Monk's song "Just a Gigolo." It's probably a minor song for him, but whenever I hear a recording of him playing it, I'm mesmerized, because Monk clearly loved pop music. He took it very seriously and made an amazing thing out of it."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Glenn Ligon

#Song Quotes #Monk Quotes #Pop Music Quotes

“I always say I'd rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship.”
“Time and happenings and the grace of God are the best solvers of puzzles. One must leave much to these, if he is not to worry himself into premature senility.”
“Don't give in to all the cliques and popularity. It means nothing. I know super popular guys, and guess what? They're just normal people, too.”
“Now familiar with my own particular voice and accent, my Dragon app prints out exactly what I speak into my iPad. Twenty years ago this miracle would be unthinkable.”
“To be worshiped is not freedom.”

Source : SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX”
“He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.”
“The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me.”
“I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.”

Source : "Pacers Notebook/Pacers Make Turnaround". The Journal Gazette, May 24, 2000.

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