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People Quotes by Steve Lacy
- Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.
- There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and…
- If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.
- Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.
- Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.
- The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It…
- When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a very esoteric type…
- I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.
- People don't want to suffer. They want to sound good immediately, and this is one of the biggest problems in the world.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle