#no

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#although #ancient #ancient times #born #catholic

I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food. ↗

— Carla Bley

#america #bit #cars #enjoy #enough

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#chaos #chooses #chronological #fiction #first

I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected Bill Morris to be waiting for my call. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#agency #agents #asked #bill #call

But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour. ↗

— Luther Allison

#back #being #dream #go #had

When you're the spokeswoman for a weight-loss program, everything is witnessed. I weigh in once a week with a witness. I have to sign an affidavit saying I cannot have any surgeries. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#any #cannot #everything #i #once

I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues. ↗

— Luther Allison

#beautiful place #because #big #blues #i

I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a couple of Duke Ellington tunes that are well known. ↗

— Mose Allison

#any #couple #duke #duke ellington #ellington

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me. ↗

— Mose Allison

#boogie #effect #era #favorites #had

Then I started listenin' a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin'. That sort of put me in a different groove to try to blend all that in. ↗

— Mose Allison

#classical #classical composers #composers #different #doin