Cecil Taylor Quotes

American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018)

Cecil Percival Taylor (March 15, 1929 – April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet who was generally acknowledged to be one of the great innovative sources of free jazz (along with Ornette Coleman).

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Birth Name: Cecil Percival Taylor

Alternative Names: Cecil P. Taylor

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You practice so you can invent. Discipline? No. The joy of practicing leads you to the celebration of the creation.

I don't expect people who listen to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer to come hear me. I accept that reality.

Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"

To feel is the most terrifying thing in this society.