I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public wants—you play what you want, and let the public pick up on what you're doing—even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.


Interview [1959]

Thelonious Monk Quotes

I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public wants—you play what you want, and let the public pick up on what you're doing—even if it...

I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public wants—you play what you want, and let the public pick up on what you're doing—even if it...

I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public wants—you play what you want, and let the public pick up on what you're doing—even if it...

I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public wants—you play what you want, and let the public pick up on what you're doing—even if it...