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Thelonius Monk - From the Artists category:
All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Courage category:
The only cats worth anything are the cats who take chances. Sometimes I play things that I never heard myself. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Eccentricity category:
Sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Expression category:
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Fame category:
I'm famous. Ain't that a bitch? (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Freedom category:
Jazz is freedom. You think about that. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Genius category:
Whatever you think can't be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Importance category:
Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Individuality category:
I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing - even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Influence category:
Everyone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you feel it. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Inspiration category:
I find my inspiration in myself. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Mistakes category:
You've been making the wrong mistakes. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Music category:
A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Music category:
The piano aint got no wrong notes. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Silence category:
The loudest noise in the world is silence. (Thelonius Monk)
Thelonius Monk - From the Tones category:
There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others. (Thelonius Monk)
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