Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes big bud influence
People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your own world. Matthew Shipp generationpeopleprisoner Change image and share on social
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name. Matthew Shipp compositionfitmonk Change image and share on social
The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point. Matthew Shipp confrontationalelementiconoclastic Change image and share on social
In college - while figuring the things out that most people do in college - I had no game. No confidence. I had Birkenstocks. And overalls. A budding romance novel addiction. But no cool. No poise. I was trying on a thousand different personalities, but a lot of them were formed by the perceptions of others. Molly O'Keefe addictionbirkenstocksbud share on social
It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow. Toby Jones alfredcinemaentire Change image and share on social
I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones. Jonathan Tropper 80sactionbad Change image and share on social