#ow

The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#breakdown #children #compassionate #divided #each

The two great things about computer CG stuff are I can now do gags I would never have dreamed of in the old day. ↗

— George A. Romero

#computer #day #dreamed #gags #great

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#desire #even #how #kill #live

I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and I have no carbons. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#coming #head #i #keep #know

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#concentration #everything #language #our #poetry

But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical; he has no freedom. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#arranger #because #becomes #chart #create

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#almost #anyone #could #creativity #done

I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#any #down #enough #i #kind

If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#because #better #creative #jazz #jazz musician

And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#i #i think #know #never #original