"I was overlooked long before anyone knew who…" — Paul Desmond

"I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was."

— Paul Desmond

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16 Quotes by Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond has 16 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I'm glad [Ornette Coleman] is such an individualist. I like the firmness of thought and purpose that goes into what…
The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and…
Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.
I tried practicing for a few weeks and ended up playing too fast.
Our basic audience begins with creaking elderly types of twenty-three and above.
Sometimes I get the feeling that there are orgies going on all over new York City, and somebody says, `Let's…
Complexity can be a trap. You can have a ball developing a phrase, inverting it, playing it in different keys…
We used to get on planes, and they'd ask who we were, and we'd say, 'The Dave Brubeck Quartet', and…
It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo,
I discovered early in life that if you take gym first period, you can go into the wrestling room and…
We're working as if it were going out of style-which of course it is.
I was unfashionable before anyone knew who I was.

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More Anyone Quotes

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about… — Neil Armstrong
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that… — Neil Armstrong
I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize… — Andrea Arnold
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius
Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one… — Diane Ackerman
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely. — Teresa of Avila
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else… — Richard Bach
Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn. — Burt Bacharach

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