Arrangements Quote by Roy Haynes

At first I didn't understand what [Thelonious Monk] was doing, but I went back again, and what I can say about Monk is that…

— Randy Weston

He [Thelonious Monk] played each note as though astonished by the previous one, as though every touch of his fingers on the keyboard was…

— Geoff Dyer

[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band,…

— Ray Brown

I was spoiled by Monk's music because it was so good, so complete.

— Steve Lacy

One very important thing I learned from Monk was his complete dedication to music. That was his reason for being alive. Nothing else mattered…

— Sonny Rollins

He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my…

— Mimi Rogers

Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street.

— Miles Davis

It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees set on the same night.

— Peter Tork

Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that space with…

— Miles Davis

When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in a small club. The place was full of musicians,…

— Steve Lacy

“One of the best things about road-tripping with monks is that monks are used to repeating chants over and over and over, so they…

— M.T. Anderson

I remember that the bass was turned up slightly more on the mix from last week, and I thought that was good - or…

— Mark Ronson