Jazz is my adventure. I'm after new chords, new ways of syncopating, new figures, new runs. How to use notes differently. That's it. Just using notes differently.
Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself. - Thelonious Monk
Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.
- Thelonious Monk
The only cats worth anything are the cats that take chances. - Thelonious Monk
The only cats worth anything are the cats that take chances.
The loudest noise in the world is silence. - Thelonious Monk
The loudest noise in the world is silence.
Jazz is freedom. You think about that. - Thelonious Monk
Jazz is freedom. You think about that.
Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture. - Thelonious Monk
Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture.
I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing - even if it does tak… - Thelonious Monk
I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing - even if it does tak…
Everyone is a genius at being themselves - Thelonious Monk
Everyone is a genius at being themselves
Sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy - Thelonious Monk
Sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy
All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians. - Thelonious Monk
All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.
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