Cecil Taylor Quotes

"I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people."
- Cecil Taylor
(Related: People)

"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
(Related: People, Want)

"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
(Related: Life, Music, Goal, Values, Creation, Living)

"Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through."
- Cecil Taylor
(Related: Life, Time, Space)

"The quality of life, values that go down to doin' that, that's the issue."
- Cecil Taylor
(Related: Life, Quality, Values)

"You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it."
- Cecil Taylor
(Related: Music, Surrender)