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Robert Bresson: One forgets too...

Robert Bresson: One forgets too...

One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his...

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Judy Collins: I sang in...

Judy Collins: I sang in...

I sang in the coffee houses . . . in the early 60's with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just...

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Judy Collins: Do what you...

Judy Collins: Do what you...

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Source:...

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Judy Collins: I Iook in...

Judy Collins: I Iook in...

I Iook in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.

Source: Secret...

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Joan Baez: Hypothetical questions get...

Joan Baez: Hypothetical questions get...

Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers.

Source: Daybreak, 1966.
-- Joan...

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Joan Baez: It seems to...

Joan Baez: It seems to...

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words...

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Joan Baez: You don't get...

Joan Baez: You don't get...

You don't get to choose how you are going to die or when. You can only decide how you're going to...

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Joan Baez: The only thing...

Joan Baez: The only thing...

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of...

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Miles Davis: I'll play it...

Miles Davis: I'll play it...

I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Miles Davis: Bebop was about...

Miles Davis: Bebop was about...

Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn't about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep...

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Miles Davis: It's always been...

Miles Davis: It's always been...

It's always been a gift with me hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I...

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Miles Davis: I was minding...

Miles Davis: I was minding...

I was minding my own business when something says to me, you ought to blow trumpet. I have just been trying ever...

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John Coltrane: I never even...

John Coltrane: I never even...

I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that...

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Count Basie: I decided that...

Count Basie: I decided that...

I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up...

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Dizzy Gillespie: I don't care...

Dizzy Gillespie: I don't care...

I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds.

Source: Interview in...

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Dizzy Gillespie: I think the...

Dizzy Gillespie: I think the...

I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: If one lets...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: If one lets...

If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged...

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Rosalind Russell: Success is a...

Rosalind Russell: Success is a...

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Source: Life Is a...

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Jane Fonda: You spend all...

Jane Fonda: You spend all...

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

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Marlene Dietrich: I love quotations...

Marlene Dietrich: I love quotations...

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by...

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