The extent of his influence across jazz, across American music, and around the world has such continuing stature that he is one… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
I also wanted to do something that I hadn't really seen in almost any black novels, which was a complex love story in which… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
Getting to the pint where the other is not the enemy is a big leap. — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm. — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
“It may sound cruel...but...what makes a criminal is a disposition toward cruelty, a laziness and impatience that lead to taking from others, and cynicism… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
I wanted to get to that aesthetic proposition that comes out of learning the human elements of a world, so that those notes and… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
Above all else, [Benny Goodman] was a great player, one of the greatest American music has produced. He brought his absolute talent and his… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
Our democratic richness arrives when we're able to comprehend our collective humanity accurately. — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience -… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
You'd never know that listening to people in the UN but tribalism is the father of racism. — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
I don't know any women who don't think about what they look like, and I don't know any men who don't think about what… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
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