Quotes of: Frankness Keyword

I've built two wooden houses near Vals. I built them for my wife. Those were private projects.

Peter Zumthor

My buildings should have an emotional core - a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.

Peter Zumthor

If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in there.

Robert Glasper

The fountain of youth with the youthful young musician is one meaning, and the fountain of youth with the youthful energy of the leader is another meaning.

Roy Haynes

My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room.

Stan Getz

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.

Stan Getz

I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.

Tommy Bolin

Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.

Toyo Ito

I sometimes feel that we are losing an intuitive sense of our own bodies.

Toyo Ito

There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable.

Toyo Ito

Through the years I've found that I prefer live playing to recording. I still do lots of recording - but I treasure the live shows.

Tony Levin

Find a place that you are comfortable with. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make a lot of mistakes.

Thom Mayne

I can pay my rent now. I guess I could always do that, but now I can get an apartment with heat.

Kevin Eubanks

I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.

Kevin Eubanks

You can't have the finest buildings if they're not in focus. They become like nice cars parked on the street.

Leon Krier

I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.

Laura Mvula

You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.

Michael Arad

I believe that people are fundamentally are decent. And, yes, you will have people that sometimes will misbehave.

Michael Arad

I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express.

Mose Allison

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

Mose Allison

Then I started listenin' a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin'. That sort of put me in a different groove to try to blend all that in.

Mose Allison