Freddie Miles Quotes & Sayings

Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good. — Camilla Lackberg

I'm a little bit of a news political junkie, a little bit of a reader of history. — David Mandel

Dizzy used to tell me I'm playing too hard. He'd say to not give everything. Miles told me that too. — Freddie Hubbard

Will I ever get control of my life? Will I always be shoved back and pushed around by those I trust? — Jay Asher

There is more in Mersenne than in all the universities together. — Thomas Hobbes

When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it was very difficult to make gigs and make money with your own style. — Freddie Hubbard

I don't care what anyone says. You have to wake up and say to yourself, 'I accept that I have diabetes, and I'm not going to let it run my entire life.' It's a fine line, a Catch-22, a balancing act. I work to enjoy my life like a regular human being and at the same time keep my blood sugar levels as decent as possible. — Bret Michaels

When I got started in New York, if you were different from Miles & Dizzy it was very difficult. — Freddie Hubbard

You had better all die - die immediately, than live as slaves and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity. — Henry Highland Garnet

I want someone who will love me for the person I am and not because of my status. It has to be someone who understands the pressure of playing for India. It will be very difficult to be with a person who has her own career because someone has to make sacrifices for the family and house. — Yuvraj Singh

I used to try to play like [Miles Davis], and Miles caught me copying him one night at Birdland. He said, 'Hey man, why don't you play some of your own stuff.' So, I finally did, because I had copied all his solos. — Freddie Hubbard

Robin Williams is great; it's just like having a conversation when you're doing a scene with him really. It's just so relaxed on the set whenever he's around. Also he's just always telling jokes; he's always on. It must be funny for him though because he must think everyone's brain goes so much slower than his. He's working overtime on all these different ideas that pop into his head. Everyone else must feel miles behind! — Freddie Highmore

My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty. — Kirk Douglas

If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me in a number of ways. But beyond that, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard. — Pat Metheny

A few weeks after the worst day, I started writing lots of letters. I don't know why, but it was one of the only things that made my boots lighter. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Dizzy used to tell me that I am playing too hard. He used to say to not give everything. Miles used to tell me that too. — Freddie Hubbard

I leave it to Pater Leoden to distribute the remainder of my worldly goods among the parish, as, being an immoral soul, I will have no further need of them."
"You mean, immortal, don't you?" Chronicler asked uncertainly. — Patrick Rothfuss

He could feel the belligerence growing in Freddie Miles as surely as if his huge body were generating a heat that he could feel across the room. — Patricia Highsmith

Tom laughed at the phrase "sexual deviation." Where was the sex? Where was the deviation? He looked at Freddie and said low and bitterly: "Freddie Miles, you're a victim of your own dirty mind. — Patricia Highsmith

There is only one religion - it is a way a man dies. — James Runcie