Sincere Birthday Wishes Quotes & Sayings

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail. — Charlie Parker

I find nothing healthful or exalting in the smooth conventions of society. I do not like the close air of saloons. I begin to suspect myself to be a prisoner, though treated with all this courtesy and luxury. I pay a destructive tax in my conformity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Better not to plant seeds of selfishness than try to eradicate them once they have grown into giant weeds. (91) — Prem Prakash

Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years. — Robert Caro

Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night ... Without the satisfaction. — Lynn Johnston

Jazz is my adventure. — Thelonious Monk