"If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly."

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Source : "Stefon Harris thinks creativity is overrated". Interview with Matthew Borlik, Michael J. West, www.avclub.com. November 12, 2009.

Stefon Harris

#Way Quotes #Use Quotes #Speak Quotes

“I'm waiting for the king to arrive”
“When I was going into one of my first meditation retreats, I asked my father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, for some advice. He said, "How you act when you're alone affects the rest of your life." Even in solitude, the ruler engages in virtue.”

Source : Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.16, Harmony
“If one's conscious life is too rigid, too regimented, then the surface may crack at times, and we are unprepared for the strange emotions or sensations we experience.”
“Then the bow orchestra began to play an apocalyptically beautiful canon, one of those pieces in which, surely, the composer simply transcribed what was given, and trembled in awe of the hand that was guiding him.”
“If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!”
“. . . in America, we have achieved the Orwellian prediction - enslaved, the people have been programmed to love their bondage and are left to clutch only mirage-like images of freedom, its fables and fictions. The new slaves are linked together by vast electronic chains of television that imprison not their bodies but their minds. Their desires are programmed, their tastes manipulated, their values set for them.”
“One nice thing about growing up Catholic is it makes you open-minded about other people's religions, since ours is nuttier than yours.”
“On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop”

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