#classic

Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. ↗

— Nina Simone

#classical #classical music #define #jazz #music

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist. ↗

— Nina Simone

#become #black #choices #classic #classical

Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#basis #classical #contrary #countries #expect

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#crooked #droop #eyes #handsome #i

I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#classic #held #i #made #mistake

I am, as they say, the classic starving artist. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#artist #classic #i #i am #say

When Zeus[Jupiter]first saw Aphrodite[Venus]& Aphrodite thus first saw Zeus, it was love at first sight.Naturally. Since Zeus was the King of the Gods, who loved all beautiful Goddesses.And Aphrodite was the Goddess of Love, the most beautiful & lovely of all the Goddesses.But love was all they had in common. ↗

— Nicholas Chong

#beauty

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature. ↗

— Steig Larsson

#classical #detective #detective stories #entertainment #light

My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz, classical, and Latin. With all this in my pocket, I feel I have a taste of everything for my influences. ↗

— Haley Reinhart

#blues #brought #classical #dad #different

You go to a pop concert or a classical concert but there's nothing in between. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#classical #concert #go #nothing #pop