When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been doing to Negroes, and for a while I tried real hard. But every time I got to hating them, some white guy would come along and mess the whole thing up.
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.
Everyone is a genius at being themselves - Thelonious Monk
Everyone is a genius at being themselves
Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture. - Thelonious Monk
Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture.
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
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…
All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians. - Thelonious Monk
All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.
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