Top Monk Quotes
My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
Pablo Picasso
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.
Matthew Shipp
A habit does not a monk make.
Francois Rabelais
Its language is as bare as a monk's cell, and as uninviting.
Clifford Longley
I was spoiled by Monk's music because it was so good, so complete.
Steve Lacy
Jimmy Chamberlin 
Hugh Jackman 
Steve Lacy 
Mose Allison 
Francois Rabelais 
Mimi Rogers 
Pablo Picasso 
John Conyers 
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My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
Pablo Picasso 
96% of people like this quote
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.
Matthew Shipp
74% of people like this quote
Its language is as bare as a monk's cell, and as uninviting.
Clifford Longley
66% of people like this quote
I was spoiled by Monk's music because it was so good, so complete.
Steve Lacy
58% of people like this quote
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.
Tom Hanks
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When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly.
Steve Lacy
54% of people like this quote
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?
Matthew Shipp
54% of people like this quote