“I don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.”
When questioned as to the future of jazz, as quoted in Jet magazine (31 March 1960), p. 30
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Thelonious Monk5
American jazz pianist and composer 1917–1982Related quotes
“You don't even know where I'm going."
"I don't care. I'd like to go anywhere.”
John Steinbeck book Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Chuck Palahniuk book Lullaby
Variant: The voice says, maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do. The things you don't finish.
Source: Lullaby (2002), Chapter 28
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985)
Randy Pausch book The Last Lecture
When Pausch spoke of "You obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do a disservice by putting it anywhere." he was quoting the advice of Andries van Dam on challenging his students after they already completed excellent performances on their first two week assignment.
The Last Lecture (2007)
Context: What he said was: "You obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do a disservice by putting it anywhere." And boy was that good advice. Because what he said was, you obviously don’t know where the bar should be, and you’re only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere.
Joe Strummer (1952–2002) British musician, singer, actor and songwriter
7 Questions with Joe Strummer (15 August 2001)
