Cecil Taylor Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Cecil Taylor:

I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.
~Cecil Taylor


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To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.
~Cecil Taylor


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I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.
~Cecil Taylor


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If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.
~Cecil Taylor


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The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.
~Cecil Taylor


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Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.
~Cecil Taylor


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/cecil-taylor-quotes/#f12705b0

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.
~Cecil Taylor


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/cecil-taylor-quotes/#d8c763b4

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