Enough Quote by Cecil Taylor Download Open image “I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.” — Cecil Taylor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Enough People
People have always tried to imitate, but at the end of the day, no one can do me better than I can do me,… — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
It messed with my head a little bit when people started to imitate what I was doing. — Emma Chamberlain Copy Share Image
There's so many people out there who try to imitate what I do but I am the original, — Paris Hilton Copy Share Image
It's never good to just imitate somebody. That never works, because then you're not filling it with anything. — Kurt Fuller Copy Share Image
I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a people for whom you know-which is the price of your performance and… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
First I was a mimic. Practically from the moment I began talking, I did impersonations of the people in my neighborhood - the storekeepers,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The first record I made, when I listen to it, I understand. I understand perfectly well why certain musicians were unhappy with me. I… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
Mother, being a pianist, told me how to play with my fingers on the piano. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
When I came out of the conservatory, the first thing I did was to go see Thelonious Monk. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
One of the things Mother said to me, 'You want this, you're going to practice.' And I know how to practice. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
You know what the material is so that you never play it the same way twice. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
I guess at it's very core love is connection that just makes so much sense you wonder how you used to live before you… — Benjamin Stone Copy Share Image
Failures happen. You can't cry over them. You just take it in your stride because you know that you have done your best... Sometimes,… — Divya Dutta Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to, for the most part, surround myself with a lot of people who are more talented than me and who… — Dave Franco Copy Share Image
I love because there is not enough room in my heart to hate. — Rena Kornreich Gelissen Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's just enough for me to have the idea. I don't need to see it through to the end. When it actually happens,… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
The vast majority of organizations today have more than enough intelligence, experience and knowledge to be successful. What they lack is organizational health. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
I've been to Manchester enough to know it's a real place. It's not Factory Records and the Smiths bicycling around. I get it. It's… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my friend again.… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
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