"I used to take musical instruments home from elementary school. There were some music teachers there - we all learned instruments. A lot of us got started in public schools. Charlie Parker and Bud Powell, for example. But now there are no more music teachers in public elementary schools. It's like (Senator) Moynihan said, 'benign neglect.' Just let it rot and fester."

--

Max Roach

#Teacher Quotes #School Quotes #Home Quotes

“To convey in the print the feeling you experienced when you exposed your film – to walk out of the darkroom and say: ‘This is it, the equivalent of what I saw and felt!’. That’s what it’s all about.”
“The light may be fading on the 20th century, but the sun is still rising on America.”
“I hope I can make a show that will inspire a whole other generation of young women and girls to say, "I can do a show like that."”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Those who never quote, in return are never quoted.”
“There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror”
“When young girls are encouraged to explore what they find interesting, they grow up to be interesting women.”
“I think I would co-direct because I love actors and I've got a very good eye. I'm not a second-guesser. I don't think that I would be very happy, getting inundated by financial issues. I would love to co-direct with somebody because that would be a real freedom and an adventure, and then I could leave all the pain and misery to them. I'm not glib about it. I would take the responsibility to make a really good movie.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“It has been said that no great work in literature or in science was ever wrought by a man who did not love solitude. We may lay it down as an elemental principle of religion, that no large growth in holiness was ever gained by one who did not take time to be often long alone with God.”

Source : AUSTIN PHELPS (1860). “THE STILL HOUR”, p.93

You may also like:

Abbey Lincoln
Vocalist
Art Blakey
Jazz Drummer
Charles Mingus
Bassist
Charlie Parker
Saxophonist
Dizzy Gillespie
Bandleader
Elvin Jones
Drummer
Miles Davis
Musician
Sonny Rollins
Saxophonist
Thelonious Monk
Pianist