March 9, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of Mickey Spillane (1918 – 2006) who said:

“Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.”

It is also the birthday of Ornette Coleman (1930 - ) who said:

“It's easier to copy someone else than to find out how to avoid sounding like someone else.”

and

“I didn't need to worry about keys, chords, melody if I had that emotion that brought tears and laughter to people's hearts.”

Happy Birthday to Del Close (1934 – 1999) who said:

“You have a light within you. Burn it out.”

and

“Fail. Then, figure out what to do on the way down.”

and

“Every interpersonal situation has a solution in which everyone wins.”

and

“Treat your audience like poets and geniuses and they’ll have the chance to become them.”

Today is the birthday of Yuri Gagarin (1934 – 1968) who said:

“Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!”

It is also the birthday of John Cale (1942 - ) who said:

"If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go."

and

"I use cracks on the sidewalk to walk down the street. I'd always walk on the lines. I never take anything but a calculated risk, and do it because it gives me a sense of identity. Fear is a man's best friend."

Finally, happy birthday to Keri Hulme (1947 - ) who said:

“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...”