"You have to listen to what someone is doing and help them get to where they want to go, musically speaking. I play a supporting role if someone else is soloing, and a guitarist will do the same for me while I am soloing."

-- McCoy Tyner

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“Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even if we have got along very well without it before.”
“Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.”
“I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones.”
“An artist is a man who tries to express the inexpressible.”
“You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.”
“Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.”
“I don't use the big video screens that a lot of other artists use because personally, I think it's kind of a crutch. I think sometimes it's like watching television as opposed to really getting involved with what is happening onstage and the people in your section.”
“I hike every day with my dog, after the kids are off to school. I tend to get wrapped up in all the things that need to be done during the day, so I really am strict about setting that time aside for myself and not scheduling anything before eleven, so I can get my hike in.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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