Cecil Taylor

Musician

1930-03-15

Quotes by Cecil Taylor

• I only had three teachers, really, that were interesting, and all three of them were women.

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• I only had three teachers, really, that were interesting, and all three of them were women.

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• I'm saying that people who are enmeshed in situations of subjugation and have to live, have to find ways to project their dignity as human beings - in spite of all the efforts of those around them to degrade them - I'm saying that this music is the manifestation of the dignity in the life that has always been present.

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