How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like Miles, and just haven't got the guts.
Dizzy GillespieRead
They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.
Interpretation
Artistic expression is valued for the joy it brings rather than technical accuracy.
This quote by Dizzy Gillespie emphasizes that the essence of music and art lies in its ability to evoke emotions and allow people to enjoy themselves, rather than focusing on technical perfection or musical theory. It suggests that the emotional connection and joy, particularly in a social setting like dancing, is what truly matters in art.
In practice
In a speech at a music festival to highlight the joy of live performances.
How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like Miles, and just haven't got the guts.
I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.
Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own.
I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.
I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.
They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it.
There are many different styles of, and approaches to, tap. My own leans towards a more intellectual view: tap dancing not just for the sake of entertainment but to educate and spark emotion.
Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.
We worship not the Graces, nor the Parcae, but Fashion. She spins and weaves and cuts with full authority. The head monkey at Paris puts on a traveler's cap, and all the monkeys in America do the same.
Fiction is an elemental force, which has the power to shape reality in its own image - or images, I should say - because reality, like light, exists not only as a single point or particle, but also as an array of possibilities.
What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually there are no people in my pictures. It is so emotional.
It was Elvis that got me interested in music. I've been an Elvis fan since I was a kid.
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