Mary Lou Williams Quotes

Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldn't consent to my having music lessons, for she feared I might end up as she had done - unable to play except from paper.

Mary Lou Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 8, 1910 - May 28, 1981

Topics

LoveMusicMeEndMusiciansHouse

It's not good for me to see things while they're being edited. I can be highly critical, so I try to stay away.

Jenny Slate

GoodMeI CanTrySeeThings

When I wrote my first blog, I got one response. Now, I sometimes get as many as 400 responses for my posts.

Amitabh Bachchan

NowSometimesFirstGotGetMany

I couldn't achieve the American dream in Japan.

Shuji Nakamura

American DreamAmericanDreamAchieve

Vladimir Putin is decisive. He's committed to victory, and he now has aircraft and surface-to-air missiles and main battle tanks in Syria.

Tom Cotton

VictoryBattleNowTanksCommitted

It's your human right to push back against something you disagree with. You do that by voting for that guy instead of that guy, or that lady instead of that lady.

Rob Halford

VotingPushLadyYouBackRight

Every photograph is the photographer's opinion about something. It's how they feel about something: what they think is horrible, tragic, funny.

Mary Ellen Mark

FunnyOpinionThinkFeelPhotograph

There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous.

Mitch Daniels

NothingConservativeBeingOutlook

The white working class desires safety for their families, but Islam brings everything but safety. Look at Europe!

Milo Yiannopoulos

SafetyLookWhiteIslamClass

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose.

Joseph Brodsky

LifeWinSmallBookGameLose

All my children inherited perfect pitch.

Chevy Chase

FunnyChildrenPerfectPitch

I'd always loved movies. I watch them all the time; my dad is a huge movie buff.

Austin Butler

TimeLovedMoviesAlwaysWatchThem

'Arnold Layne' just happens to dig dressing up in women's clothing. A lot of people do - so let's face up to reality.

Syd Barrett

WomenPeopleFaceRealityDressing

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