First Quote by Cecil Taylor Download Open image “When I came out of the conservatory, the first thing I did was to go see Thelonious Monk.” — Cecil Taylor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare First Go Monk Out See Thelonious Monk
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I was always very theatrical. I went to theater school in a conservatory program. — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
Well, I went to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy - I went to the conservatory - for acting. — Christopher Jackson Copy Share Image
I started in theatre. I went to the Boston Conservatory and majored in musical theater. — Rachael MacFarlane Copy Share Image
I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which was in Carnegie Hall, which itself was exciting - just to walk into it. — Gena Rowlands Copy Share Image
I probably went to musique concrete concerts - though not the very first ones - at the beginning of the 50s. — Luc Ferrari Copy Share Image
I fell so hard for the theater. I knew it was a place where you can sort out your life. — Joel Grey 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
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
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… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
Life is going to hit you some line drives, and sometimes you'll have to think fast. However, it's better to think first than to… — John Bytheway Copy Share Image
You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
I watched the movie 'What We Do in the Shadows' in a packed theater when it first came out. — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
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When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
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We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s. — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image