Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.
The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue. - Cecil Taylor
The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.
- Cecil Taylor
Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?" - Cecil Taylor
Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"
If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process. - Cecil Taylor
If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.
I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be. - Cecil Taylor
I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.
Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself. - Cecil Taylor
Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through. - Cecil Taylor
Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.
Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it? - Cecil Taylor
Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?
In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the … - Cecil Taylor
In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the …
I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes. - Cecil Taylor
I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.
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