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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

~Charles Mingus

Topics: Commonplace Complicated Creativity Making Simple

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Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

~Charles Mingus

Topics: Anybody Bach Being Being Different Creativity Different Easy Hard Just Making More Plan Simple Than Weird

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I am Charles Mingus. Half-black man. Yellow man. Half-yellow. Not even yellow, nor white enough to pass for nothing but black and not too light enough to be called white.

~Charles Mingus

Topics: Am Black Charles Enough Even Light Man Nor Nothing Pass Too White Yellow I Am

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I'm going to keep on finding out the kind of man I am through my music. That's the one place I can be free. But the reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.

~Charles Mingus

Topics: Am Because Changing Difficult Finding Free Going Keep Kind Man Music Out Place Reason Through Time I Am I Can

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In high school I was on the basketball team, but the coach did something I didn't dig and the next day he looked up and saw me practising with the football team.

~Charles Mingus

Topics: Basketball Basketball Team Coach Day Did Dig Football Football Team He High High School Looked Me Next Practising Saw School Something Team Up

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My music is evidence of my soul's will to live.

~Charles Mingus

Topics: Evidence Live Music Soul Will

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: April 22nd, 1922

Died: January 5th, 1979

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