"Bird's mind and fingers work with incredible speed. He can imply four chord changes in a melodic pattern where another musician would have trouble inserting two."

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Leonard Feather

#Two Quotes #Bird Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I'm not going to entertain something that took place not three months, not six months, not a year but two years ago. I'm not going to sit up here and say anything about it, whether I did or did not do it, because I don't want to beat a dead horse talking about it. It's not going to affect me any way, shape or fashion.”

Source : "Report: FBI to Investigate Pay-for-Play Allegations Against Auburn Quarterback", www.foxnews.com. November 10, 2010.
“I feel like the oldest person in the world with the longest stretch of life before me.”

Source : Nella Larsen (2010). “The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories”, p.251, Anchor
“When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new race.”
“The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that.”
“Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again.”
“Don't listen to the lies, I swear they all lies. You know I could be your knight in shining Armor All tires.”
“I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'”
“I never look at the newspaper in the morning. That's the worst thing you can do with your brain.”

Source : "Steven Holl: “If Everybody Else Quits Drawing, It’s Fine With Me”". Interview with Martin Pedersen, www.metropolismag.com. March 20, 2013.

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