“One is Christianized to the extent that he is a Christianizer. One is evangelized to the extent that he is an evangelist.” Quote by Leon Joseph Suenens
“You know, being America, being the land of "number ones", everyone wants to be a leader before they follow.” KnowsWantAmericaNumbersLeaderLand Author:Branford Marsalis
“The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear.” PeopleProblemKidsAmericaRight NowHonestlyConcertsAmerican Music Author:Branford Marsalis
“But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.” YearsWellsMayDoneHomeInspirationCoursesFoundHouseHavensYears AgoImpressionComing Home Author:Arne Jacobsen
“One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.” SituationListeningBandMusicianPicksInstinctMiles Author:Branford Marsalis
“You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't.” WellsSometimesSongBrainMake SenseQuartets Author:Branford Marsalis
“It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest.” IfsHardCultureInterestFocusIntellectualPopsMagazinesFormerPop CultureBuzz Author:Branford Marsalis
“I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.” EnoughEnergySpeakFeltRoomsBattleWheelsRapperInventingNew Energy Author:Nelly
“My life is what it is, and I can't change it. I can change the future, but I can't do anything about the past.” I CanPastLife IsCan't Change Author:Alex Trebek
“My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best. And if I'm successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy, and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.” IfsThinkingJobsGuyStarsBitsAudienceSuccessfulNiceAtmosphereAssistanceThink Of MeNice GuyContestants Author:Alex Trebek
“You know, also I, you know, I was on those birth control pills and my breasts were like, they hurt... and, you know, it was like they blew up like. You know, they wouldn't fit into any of my dresses. I had to quit taking those birth control pills... This was like - I mean they were like, I thought they should be photographed really... So they were, for immortality. (On being photographed nude playing chess with Marcel Duchamp at Duchamp's 1963 retrospective at the Pasadena Museum of Art.)” KnowsShouldMeanArtHurtLike YouBirthFitDressesQuittingChessImmortalityBreastsMuseumsPillsBirth ControlPlaying ChessRetrospectiveBirth Control PillsPasadena Author:Eve Babitz