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