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Boris Vian Quotes

Type:
Writer Quotes
Category:
French Writer Quotes
Date of Birth:
March 10, 1920
Date of Death:
June 23, 1959
Nationality:
French
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Boris Vian

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Have you noticed with inflexible necessity of the me to insert itself between the sol which precedes it and the sol which follows it.
Boris Vian

I played the trumpet a bit like a porker, I think.
Boris Vian

Of course, it's fun to play with Blacks.
Boris Vian

One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans.
Boris Vian

The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced with black elements.
Boris Vian

The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52.
Boris Vian

There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington. Everything else ought to go, because everything else is ugly.
Boris Vian


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