“My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.” GivingHas BeensConcern Author:Donald Byrd
“My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.” SometimesFactsConcernDirectAbstractAfros Author:Donald Byrd
“I thought that I would like to be affiliated with some school or institution. As time went on, I also decided on the subject that I wanted to get involved with in addition to music: it was Black Studies.” WantedSchoolBlackStudySubjectsInvolvedDecidedInstitutionsGet Involved Author:Donald Byrd
“I was being ridiculed for going to school... But, you see, I had looked hard at the other musicians and the whole show-business scene... They were doing with jazz musicians what they usually reserved for rock n' roll cats: making them overnight successes, then overnight antiques.” HardWholeShowsSchoolRocksSceneMusicianCatJazzRock N RollShow BusinessJazz MusicReservedAntiquesJazz MusicianOvernight Success Author:Donald Byrd
“It's an incredible dilemma to be an artist of color and to always be in denial about that, saying, 'I'm a choreographer first and then I'm black,' when in fact, that's not the case. I'm black first and then I'm also a choreographer.” FirstsFactsArtistBlackCasesColorIncrediblesDenialDilemmaChoreographers Author:Donald Byrd
“We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press.” SometimesAgePressesObsessedAcceptablePresentationHinges Author:Douglas Booth
“I like to wake up late, around 11 A.M., especially if I have been out the night before. Then I go to brunch with either my friends or my girlfriend. I then like to just chill out: read the papers, read some scripts and then take it very easy. If it's sunny, I go for a walk with my dog, Niles, in the countryside.” IfsHas BeensNightEasyWalksDogPaperLateMy FriendsWake UpScriptsGirlfriendPapersChillMy DogSunnyMy GirlfriendCountrysideChilledBrunchChilling Out Author:Douglas Booth
“The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones, but it's not like working a 9-5 job and only having two or three weeks off a year. I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly.” YearsMayTwoTogetherJobsThreeDealsActingWeekMonthsNegativeGirlfriendLoved OnesMy GirlfriendThree MonthsTime Away Author:Douglas Booth
“For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts.” ThinkingShouldBookMomentsReadingFiveScripts Author:Douglas Booth