To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.
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?
- 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. - 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.
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.
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.
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?"
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 …
Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through. - Cecil Taylor
Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.
Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself. - Cecil Taylor
Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.
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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