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> [Lena Horne - when she walked onstage, she really was Erzulie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/lena-horne-when-she-walked-onstage-she-really-was-erzulie/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

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## More by Cecil Taylor

> [The first record I made, when I listen to it, I understand. I understand perfectly well why certain musicians were unhappy with me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/the-first-record-i-made-when-i-listen-to-it-i-understand-i-understand/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [Mother, being a pianist, told me how to play with my fingers on the piano.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/mother-being-a-pianist-told-me-how-to-play-with-my-fingers-on-the/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [To feel is perhaps the most terrifying thing in this society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/to-feel-is-perhaps-the-most-terrifying-thing-in-this-society/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [When I came out of the conservatory, the first thing I did was to go see Thelonious Monk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/when-i-came-out-of-the-conservatory-the-first-thing-i-did-was-to-go/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/to-me-the-piano-in-itself-is-an-orchestra/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/in-short-coltrane-s-tone-is-beautiful-because-it-is-functional-in/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [One of the things Mother said to me, 'You want this, you're going to practice.' And I know how to practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/one-of-the-things-mother-said-to-me-you-want-this-you-re-going-to/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [They say, 'We will give you money, but we want you to play this or that.' And I always thought, 'If I'm going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/they-say-we-will-give-you-money-but-we-want-you-to-play-this-or-that/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [You know what the material is so that you never play it the same way twice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/you-know-what-the-material-is-so-that-you-never-play-it-the-same-way/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/doesn-t-that-fool-know-i-recorded-that-song-because-i-like-it/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/you-must-surrender-whatever-preconceptions-you-have-about-music-if/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [I'm saying that people who are enmeshed in situations of subjugation and have to live, have to find ways to project their dignity as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/i-m-saying-that-people-who-are-enmeshed-in-situations-of-subjugation/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [Before he fought Billy Conn, Joe Louis said, 'He can run, but he can't hide.' That's how I feel about New York: You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/before-he-fought-billy-conn-joe-louis-said-he-can-run-but-he-can-t/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [What I am doing is creating a language. A different American language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/what-i-am-doing-is-creating-a-language-a-different-american-language/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

> [Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, who's that at the piano?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-taylor/sometimes-when-it-goes-really-well-you-wonder-who-s-that-at-the-piano/)

[Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-taylor/)

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