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title: "1 Act Crazy Quotes By Charles Mingus"
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> [Thelonius Monk went over to Bird and Bud Powell and said, 'I told you guys to act crazy, but I didn't tell you to fall in love with the act. You're really crazy now.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/thelonius-monk-went-over-to-bird-and-bud-powell-and-said-i-told-you/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

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## More by Charles Mingus

> [Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/tastes-are-created-by-the-business-interests-how-else-can-you-explain/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [Whatever coast he's on, a man should be himself. I don't write in any particular idiom, I write Charles Mingus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/whatever-coast-he-s-on-a-man-should-be-himself-i-don-t-write-in-any/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [If someone has been escaping reality, I don't expect him to dig my music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/if-someone-has-been-escaping-reality-i-don-t-expect-him-to-dig-my/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [Everything I do is Mingus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/everything-i-do-is-mingus/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/i-ve-got-a-feeling-that-if-it-s-so-easy-for-you-the-struggle-and-the/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [I never heard my music played the way I heard it in my head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/i-never-heard-my-music-played-the-way-i-heard-it-in-my-head/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/that-sound-in-tune-to-you-sounds-sharp-to-me-sounds-like-i-m-playing/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [Our nights didn't begin until after noon. Because in the old days, you'd start Birdland at 8:30 or 9 pm and play until 4…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/our-nights-didn-t-begin-until-after-noon-because-in-the-old-days-you/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [My son's a painter. All through school his teachers tell him he's a genius. I tell him to paint me an apple that looks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/my-son-s-a-painter-all-through-school-his-teachers-tell-him-he-s-a/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [“Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/anyone-can-make-the-simple-complicated-creativity-is-making-the/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/i-always-wanted-to-be-a-spontaneous-composer/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [I always thought that no matter what kind of work people did, they should involve themselves totally with all the discrimination they ran into.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/i-always-thought-that-no-matter-what-kind-of-work-people-did-they/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [I was born swinging and clapped my hands in church as a little boy, but I've grown up and I like to do things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/i-was-born-swinging-and-clapped-my-hands-in-church-as-a-little-boy/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can play weird-- that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/creativity-is-more-than-just-being-different-anybody-can-play-weird/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

> [Let my children have music! Let them hear live music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-mingus/let-my-children-have-music-let-them-hear-live-music/)

[Charles Mingus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-mingus/)

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