Andrew Hill quotes
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“I was talented but crazy, semi-autistic and eccentric.”
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“I'm trying to make music a sensual expression, not an academic experiment.”
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“I finally realized that my relaxation is practicing the piano and writing. I've tried to do other things, but I've learned through the decades, that this is what I enjoy, practicing music and writing.”
-- Andrew HillSource : "A Fireside Chat With Andrew Hill". Interview with Fred Jung, jazzweekly.com.
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“These magic moments when rhythms and harmonies extend themselves and jell together and the people become another instrument. These things are priceless and they can't be learned; they can only be felt.”
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“Most companies aim to get bigger. But beyond a certain point, bigness becomes synonymous with badness. Think of Big Pharma, Big Auto, Big Oil. Worse, if you are regularly described as one of the Big Four, Five, or Six in any business sector, you are probably already in the sights of regulators and lawmakers.”
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“A great leader cannot worry about being well liked.”
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“It is good to be different, because difference is great; that's what this music is based on. But lose that energy between the audience and the players, and you have nothing.”
-- Andrew Hill
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Source : Aaron Copland (1980). “Music and Imagination”, p.10, Harvard University Press
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“I laughed out loud and shook my head, "You're crazy!" He nodded, "About you.”
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Source : "Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas". Book by Abby Sunderland and Lynn Vincent, 2011.
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Source : Source: filmschoolrejects.com
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