"I'd rather call it "instrumental creative music," especially the music that I've been doing. If a person would hear that music, they would undoubtedly call it "jazz." There is this whole generation of musicians that are playing and thinking critically for themselves and making music that's relevant to today. I hope that's the objective of a lot of musicians."

-- Eldar Djangirov

#Thinking Quotes #Creative Quotes #Musician Quotes

“In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.”
“I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a moment of the day when I wouldn't be if I was left alone.”
“calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.”

Source : Anita Hill (2011). “Speaking Truth to Power”, p.340, Anchor
“I had two thoughts about it. One was I could do that, and the next one was I'll never get to do that.”
“Aesthetic culture is not the high-road to all the virtues, and, indeed, certain of the vices have been known to infest it. Neither, on the other hand, is there any special grace in ugliness. Art is only utterance. It must express something; and the vital question is, what does it express?”
“80 percent of the balls that don't reach the hole, don't go in.”
“Don't get the green disease of envy. Don't be fooled by success and money. Don't let anything come between you and your work.”
“Truly, God's plan of redemption is about more than me and you and our neighbor down the street. It's about men and women from every tribe, tongue, and nation on earth becoming a part of His covenant community.”

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