“In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am.” TryingPlayJazzJazz MusicPlaying JazzJazz And Life Author:Charles Mingus
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.” InspirationalSimpleInspiringMusicCreativityLearningDesignJazzSimplicityComplicatedProgrammingJazz MusicSimple LifeCommonplaceSimplifyComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesSimple LivingComplicationComputer LanguageCreative ThinkingJazz MusicianArt And CreativityInspire CreativityPlain And SimpleLiving A Simple LifeSimplicity In DesignDesign InspirationLife Is SimplePlain LanguageSimple SolutionsComplicated LifeLife Is ComplicatedSmooth Jazz Author:Charles Mingus
“Thelonius Monk went over to Bird and Bud Powell and said, 'I told you guys to act crazy, but I didn't tell you to fall in love with the act. You're really crazy now.'” SaidGuyFallMusicCrazyBirdJazzFalling In LoveMusicalMonkBud Author:Charles Mingus
“I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer.” WantedMusicJazzComposerSpontaneous Author:Charles Mingus
“Jazz music is a language of the emotions.” LanguageEmotionMusicMusic IsJazzJazz Music Author:Charles Mingus
“They're singing your praises while stealing your phrases.” MusicSingingPraiseJazzStealingPhrases Author:Charles Mingus
“I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.” TryingReasonPlayDifficultMusicJazz Author:Charles Mingus
“Just because I'm playing jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me, the way I feel, through jazz, or whatever.” WayFeelsWritingPlayForgetMusicJazzJazz MusicPlaying JazzForget About Me Author:Charles Mingus
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace.” SimpleCreativityJazzSimplicityComplicatedJazz MusicSimple LifeCommonplaceSimplifyComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComplicationComputer LanguageCreative ThinkingJazz MusicianArt And CreativityInspire CreativityPlain And SimpleSimplicity In DesignDesign InspirationPlain LanguageSimple SolutionsComplicated LifeLife Is ComplicatedSmooth Jazz Author:Charles Mingus
“I'm too busy playing. When I'm playing I don't pay attention to who's listening. When I was listening I listened to symphony orchestras, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky. You don't listen to one instrument; you listen to music.” PayAttentionListeningInstrumentsJazzBusyPay AttentionOrchestraListening To MusicSymphonyToo BusySymphony OrchestrasBrahmsStravinsky Author:Charles Mingus
“That sound in tune to you?.. Sounds sharp to me. Sounds like I'm playing sharp all the time. My singing teacher told us you should do that. Maybe I got it from her. She said singers when they grow old have a tendency to go flat. So if you sing sharp as a young person, as you get older and go flat, you'll be in tune. In other words, it's never thought good to be flat. It means you can't get to the tone.” IfsShouldMeanPersonsSaidYoungGrowsSoundTeacherSingingJazzSingersTendenciesToneTunesFlats Author:Charles Mingus
“If someone has been escaping reality, I don't expect him to dig my music.” IfsHas BeensRealityMusicJazzJazz MusicEscaping Author:Charles Mingus
“I, myself, came to enjoy the players who didn't only just swing but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic concepts. And those people are: Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Parker, who is the greatest genius of all to me because he changed the whole era around.” PeopleArtWholeYoungEnjoyMusicPlayerChangedGeniusConceptsJazzPatternsErasSwingsJazz MusicMaxBudDizzyRoachesLester Young Author:Charles Mingus
“Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?” InterestTasteJazzAlsPopularity Author:Charles Mingus
“Most customers, by the time the musicians reach the second set, are to some extent inebriated. They don't care what you play anyway.” PlayCareMusicianJazzDon't CareCustomers Author:Charles Mingus
“I am Charles Mingus, half black man, not even white enough to pass for nothing but black. I am Charles Mingus, a famed jazzman, but not famed enough to make a living in this society.” MenEnoughBlackWhiteHalfJazzThis Society Author:Charles Mingus
“Most of the soloists at Birdland had to wait for Parker's next record in order to find out what to play next. What will they do now?” PlayOrderNextWaitingRecordsJazz Author:Charles Mingus
“It (jazz) isn't like it used to be. The guys aren't together. They're all separated. Individuals now. Bird was a symbol. It was a clique, a clique of people. Who all believed in one thing: gettin' high. And playin'.” PeopleTogetherUsedGuyIndividualOne ThingBirdJazzUsed To BeSymbolsClique Author:Charles Mingus
