Wrong Mistakes Quotes by Thelonious Monk

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Thelonious Monk has 43 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• The piano ain't got no wrong notes.
• At this time the fashion is to bring something to jazz that I reject. They speak of freedom. But one has no…
• Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.
• When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been…
• I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public…
• Sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy
• The inside of the tune [the bridge] is the part that makes the outside sound good.
• Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.

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