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Oscar Peterson Quotes

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

People Trying You Play Say Jazz

Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building.

Dog Building Lift Leg Even Smallest

I write about characters that interest me. And I don't think of my books as being forms of entertainment.

Me Think Entertainment Write Being

The secret of food lies in memory - of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is.

Food Memory Thinking Knowing Secret

But since you're asking me, I'll tell you my opinion: all cornbread is authentic, as long as it's good, hot, and made with love and fresh ingredients.

Love Good Me Opinion Long You

It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.

Michael Harrington

Opportunities Take Advantage Clearly

The reason I stopped doing the band is that I wanted to do something different... Yes had become like 'Groundhog Day' for me. I loved being in the band, but it was album-tour, album-tour, different album-different tour.

Day Me Loved Doing Become Reason

Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal.

Freedom Jewish Individual Universal

I grade my stocks. I'm what they call a quant, one of the geeks of the stock market.

Louis Navellier

Stock Market Call Market Stocks

I've been told what I can't do my whole life.

Life Whole Been

I think I'm a very powerful player; I can hit good groundstrokes.

Good Think Powerful I Can Player

I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn't found interesting things to do.

Interesting Years Things Would Found

A lot of the drawbacks, a lot of the difficulties that Uber has had, have been completely predictable, and they handled them poorly, so by their own standards they made a lot of mistakes, and I think that they would admit that.

Mistakes Think Admit Difficulties

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