Anthony Davis Quotes

• I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

  Anthony Davis

  Want, Fit, Hard

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• You have your own perceptions as an artist because you're put on this planet to create mystery, but you're put here to unravel mysteries too.

  Anthony Davis

  Artist, Perception, Mystery

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• Hearing is believing...a magician with the piano.

  Anthony Davis

  Believe, Piano, Hearing

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• Only one music comes out of me.

  Anthony Davis

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• I knew I could never be accepted as a straight-ahead jazz musician, nor would Iaccept myself as that. I would never be accepted as a minimalist. I wouldn't be adowntown composer. Because I find all orthodoxies, all doctrines to be ultimatelybanal.

  Anthony Davis

  Musician, Doctrine, Orthodoxy

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• Time and rhythm are the most important elements in music. If both aren't well conceived, organized, and executed, no amount of notes will make the piece a meaningful artistic experience.

  Anthony Davis

  Meaningful, Important, Elements

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• I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music.

  Anthony Davis

  Writing, Voice, Telling Stories

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