Donald Byrd Quotes
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I don't follow what everybody else does.
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I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop,
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Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.
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I'm creative; I'm not re-creative.
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My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my…
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My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.
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I thought that I would like to be affiliated with some school or institution. As time went on, I also decided on the subject that…
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I was being ridiculed for going to school... But, you see, I had looked hard at the other musicians and the whole show-business scene... They…
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It's an incredible dilemma to be an artist of color and to always be in denial about that, saying, 'I'm a choreographer first and then…
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