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• Cecil Taylor:

  Lena Horne - when she walked onstage, she really was Erzulie.

• Cecil Taylor:

  Before he fought Billy Conn, Joe Louis said, 'He can run, but he can't hide.' That's how I feel abo

• Cecil Taylor:

  The emphasis in each piece is on building a whole, totally integrated structure. In doing this, we

• Cecil Taylor:

  Someone once asked me if I was gay. I said, 'Do you think a three-letter word defines the complexit

• Cecil Taylor:

  I am not afraid of European influences. The point is to use them, as Ellington did, as part of my l

• Cecil Taylor:

  When you think about musicians who are reading music, my contention has always been the energy that

• Cecil Taylor:

  What I am doing is creating a language. A different American language.

• Lawrence Sanders:

  I get up at 7:30. I grab a canvas bag and go out. I say hello to the people in the supermarket and

• Lawrence Sanders:

  At 2, I start preparing fish or chicken for dinner. I don't drive. I don't have hobbies. I have no

• Lawrence Sanders:

  Writing is the most important thing in my life - above marriage.