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Cecil Taylor quotes: The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.

The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue.

Cecil Taylor quotes: Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, who's that at the piano?

Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, who's that at the piano?

Cecil Taylor quotes: To feel is perhaps the most terrifying thing in this society.

To feel is perhaps the most terrifying thing in this society.

Cecil Taylor quotes: Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?

Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?

Cecil Taylor quotes: Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.

Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.

Cecil Taylor quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

Cecil Taylor quotes: 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.

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 quotes: To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.

To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.

Cecil Taylor quotes: I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.

I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.

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

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

Cecil Taylor quotes: I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.

I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.