Branford Marsalis Quotes

The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music.

Branford Marsalis

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MusicTimePeopleToughKnowMore

I was a very sickly boy when I was young; nearly died when I was 7. I had a life-threatening attack of meningitis, and that put me in a coma for a few months. It took me four years to get my memory back.

John Lydon

MemoryMeBackYoungBoyYears

A society - any society - is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools, public libraries, public transportation, public hospitals, public parks, public museums, public recreation, public universities, and so on.

Robert Reich

SocietyTransportationMuseumsMost

Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

Spencer Tracy

FurnitureKnowLinesYourBump

Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.

Robert Fripp

MusicActTransformativeUtterly

We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

Robert Trout

FearDoingToo MuchMoreLittle

I've always been drawn to the hard story, the trauma, because I think art can turn it around.

Mary Gauthier

ArtStoryThinkTraumaHardTurn

I hurt my left knee playing left tackle. I had surgery on my right knee.

Logan Mankins

HurtRightPlayingLeftKneeTackle

I do a combo of running, weights, and core exercises and try to work out at least three times a week.

Lisa Vidal

WorkWeekThreeTryOutCore

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

Christie Brinkley

StrengthAdversityBelieveStronger

I'm just trying to keep things simple, and just be a little more offhand and not get so deep into things. Enjoy what you got right now, because who knows what's going to happen tomorrow.

Bob Seger

SimpleTomorrowDeepEnjoyYouNow

Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss. If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss, you'll see toads, small insects, a whole host of life that prospers in that miniature environment. A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.

Sylvia Earle

LifeCitySmallFeetForestLook

If I send out positive messages, it will set a chain of healthy thought processes.

Persis Khambatta

PositiveThoughtHealthyWillOut

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