Quotes by Thelonious Monk

• Be-bop wasn't developed in any deliberate way.
• Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.
• I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games.
• I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me.
• I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum.
• I never though much about race.
• I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.
• We have two kids, my wife and myself.
• All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.