“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.” InspirationalArtDifferentHardEasySimpleMusicCreativityCreativePlansMusicianPlanningComposerJust BeingBe CreativeCarpe DiemCreative PeopleBeing DifferentPianistCreative PersonCreativenessInspire CreativityInspiration And Creativity 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
“Let my children have music! Let them hear live music.” ChildrenMusicMy ChildrenLive Music 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
“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
