#to

Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale. You don't want it to be too comfortable. In fact, a good sound check, a good rehearsal usually means a bad performance. ↗

— John Zorn

#bad performance #check #classical #comfortable #fact

My father identified as a black man. No one asked him because he was clearly black. But people always ask me. If we were together, people would look at us in a really strange way. It sucked. As a little girl I had blond hair and they'd look at me, look at him, and be disgusted. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#ask #asked #because #black #blond

Weather forecast for tonight: dark. ↗

— George Carlin

#dark #forecast #tonight #weather

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. ↗

— George Carlin

#language #large #tool #truth

For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A lot of stuff going on. People's ears are really open, they are not closed. A lot of scenes here, people just get tunnel vision and are into one thing. ↗

— John Zorn

#closed #ears #get #going #great

I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away. ↗

— George Carlin

#better #building #called #doctor #felt

I am really only interested in new information, not freelance opinion. I don't really care what you think off the top of your head. ↗

— Tucker Carlson

#care #freelance #head #i #i am

I have never been one to look beyond today. ↗

— Tucker Carlson

#beyond #i #look #never #today

The Clinton era is over. I think that there would even have been a certain amount of rejoicing among some Republicans if Gore had won or if Ralph Nader had won or if Satan had won. ↗

— Tucker Carlson

#amount #been #certain #clinton #era

I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together. ↗

— John Zorn

#beethoven #clear #i #influences #life