But the next morning, what does he do? He practices. Parker's a young kid, pretty good on the sax, gets up to play at a cutting session, and he fucks it up. I told you that story about how Charlie Parker became Charlie Parker, right?Įxactly. Otherwise, we are depriving the world of the next Louis Armstrong, the next Charlie Parker. I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them. Any fucking moron can wave his arms and keep people in tempo. understood what it was I was doing at Shaffer. What the fuck is wrong with you? You're right, we should not be dating. And you have a path, and you're gonna be great, and I'm going to be forgotten, and therefore you won't be able to give me the time of day because you have bigger things to pursue? You know, for a fact?Īnd when I do see you, you'd treat me like shit because I'm just some girl who doesn't know what she wants. You know I would stop you from doing that. And so for those reasons, I'd rather just, you know, break it off clean. And we're just gonna start to hate each other. And really, I'm gonna start to resent you for even asking me to stop drumming. And you're gonna tell me to ease up on the drumming, spend more time with you because you're not feeling important. And because of that, you're gonna start to resent me. And I'm gonna be thinking about jazz music, my charts, all that. And when I do spend time with you, I'm gonna be thinking about drumming. And I'm not gonna be able to spend as much time with you. And because I'm doing that, it's gonna take up more and more of my time. I'm gonna keep pursuing what I'm pursuing. And I've thought about it a lot and this is what's gonna happen. This is why I don't think we should be together. But that's just what the world wants now. Good job." And then Charlie thinks to himself, "Well, shit, I did do a pretty good job." End of story. So imagine if Jones had just said, "Well, that's okay, Charlie. And a year later, he goes back to the Reno and he steps up on that stage, and plays the best motherfucking solo the world has ever heard. And he practices and he practices with one goal in mind, never to be laughed at again. Cries himself to sleep that night, but the next morning, what does he do? He practices. Gets up to play at a cutting session, and he fucks it up. Parker's a young kid, pretty good on the sax. Otherwise, we're depriving the world of the next Louis Armstrong.
I don't think people understood what it was I was doing at Shaffer. You think Carleton football's a joke? Come play with us.įour words you will never hear from the NFL. Oh, that's what this is all about? You think you're better than us? I'm sure they'll make great school board presidents someday. Travis and Dustin? They have plenty of friends and plenty of purpose. None of us were friends with Charlie Parker. I'd rather die drunk, broke at 34 and have people at a dinner table talk about me than live to be rich and sober at 90 and nobody remembered who I was.Īh, but your friends will remember you, that's the point.
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I think being the greatest musician of the 20th century is anybody's idea of success.ĭying broke and drunk and full of heroin at the age of 34 is not exactly my idea of success.
Well, who are you going to play with otherwise? Lennon and McCartney, they were school buddies, am I right?Ĭharlie Parker didn't know anybody 'til Jo Jones threw a cymbal at his head. I don't know, I just never really saw the use. I ask why you stop playing and your version of an answer was to turn into a wind-up monkey. So, you know that I'm looking for players?