Oscar Peterson Quotes

Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing.

Oscar Peterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: August 15, 1925 - December 23, 2007

Topics

StyleSpeakJazzPersonalLimit

The most profound lessons about journalism I've learned have been taught to me by the people I've covered.

Jodi Kantor

PeopleMeJournalismProfoundBeen

Everybody gets ticked off about GE paying no taxes. Look, we have a complicated, convoluted tax system. And only big corporations and wealthy individuals like Warren Buffett can take advantage of it. We need to simplify and flatten the code, get rid of all the loopholes.

Joe J. Walsh

LookComplicatedTaxTake Advantage

I found many treasures in the woods over the years: shotgun shells, empty Colt 45 bottles, old railroad spikes, orange and black beetles eating a dead mouse, pebbles that looked just like teeth, old stone walls and cellar holes, a rusted out frying pan, the skull of a cat.

Jennifer McMahon

WallsEatingWoodsBlackStoneDead

I think the big thing about Groupon is just people had never seen anything grow quite so fast.

Andrew Mason

PeopleThinkGrowFastNeverBig

I don't want The Flash to become a vigilante. I don't want him to abuse the power.

John Wesley Shipp

PowerWantBecomeHimAbuseFlash

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

Robert A. Heinlein

WorryLongNeverTheorySupposed

Challenges are meant to be met and overcome.

Liu Xiang

ChallengesMeant To BeOvercomeMet

But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.

Little Richard

TodayMoneyMenGreedAnythingSell

I'm all about flannels and layers, so that's pretty much what I rock.

Josh Hutcherson

RockPrettyLayersMuchAbout

If I wasn't an actress, I'd be a designer. I love interior design and inventing things that are practical but also beautiful - looking at a space and creating magic.

Deborra-Lee Furness

LoveBeautifulSpaceLookingDesign

I use fast curves, pitched overhand and sidearm, fastballs, high and inside, and an underhand fade away pitch with the hand almost down to the level of the knees.

Chief Bender

CurvesDownFastFadeHandHigh

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop.

Christopher Walken

Keep GoingYouStopKnowScaryKeep

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