Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Charles Mingus
Born: April 22, 1922
Died: January 5, 1979 (aged 56)
Bio: Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader.
Known for:
- Mingus Ah Um (1959)
- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
- Blues & Roots (1960)
- Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
- Oh Yeah (1962)