When I came out of the conservatory, the first thing I did was to go see Thelonious Monk. Cecil Taylor Read Quote
Someone once asked me if I was gay. I said, ‘Do you think a three-letter word defines the complexity of my humanity?’ I avoid the trap of easy definition. Cecil Taylor Read Quote
Before he fought Billy Conn, Joe Louis said, ‘He can run, but he can’t hide.’ That’s how I feel about New York: You can run from it, but you can’t hide. Cecil Taylor Read Quote
