“I always wanted to play the piano, and jazz appealed to me.”
“If my own work had more importance than any others, it’s because the piano is the key instrument in music.”
“I’ve never copied anyone, though; just play music.”
“Everyone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you feel it.”
“I don’t know what other people are doing - I just know about me.”
In memory of legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982)
(via blackjahjah)
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Happy Birthday Thelonious Monk
You broke all music theory rules and rewrote history……note by note by grunt by note
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