That sound in tune to you?.. Sounds sharp to me. Sounds like I'm playing sharp all the time. My singing teacher told us you should do that. Maybe I got it from her. She said singers when they grow old have a tendency to go flat. So if you sing sharp as a young person, as you get older and go flat, you'll be in tune. In other words, it's never thought good to be flat. It means you can't get to the tone.
I was always doing revolutionary things, things that would alert people, so they would stop being so subservient. - Charles Mingus
I was always doing revolutionary things, things that would alert people, so they would stop being so subservient.
- Charles Mingus
Life has many changes. Tomorrow it may rain, and it's supposed to be sunshine, 'cause it's summertime. But God's got a funny soul, he plays like Char… - Charles Mingus
Life has many changes. Tomorrow it may rain, and it's supposed to be sunshine, 'cause it's summertime. But God's got a funny soul, he plays like Char…
Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesome… - Charles Mingus
Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesome…
I never heard my music played the way I heard it in my head. - Charles Mingus
I never heard my music played the way I heard it in my head.
My music is evidence of my souls will to live. - Charles Mingus
My music is evidence of my souls will to live.
If you think this is weird, just look at yourselves. - Charles Mingus
If you think this is weird, just look at yourselves.
In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. - Charles Mingus
In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am.
I've got a feeling that if it's so easy for you - the struggle and the initiative are not as strong as they are for a person who has to struggle and … - Charles Mingus
I've got a feeling that if it's so easy for you - the struggle and the initiative are not as strong as they are for a person who has to struggle and …
Making the complicated simple is true creativity. - Charles Mingus
Making the complicated simple is true creativity.
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