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Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.
In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is doing, and then you play something that compliments that, so you are thinking simultaneously and thinking ahead.
Scott Bakula, Actor (1954) |
David Cameron, Politician (1966) |
Lewis Cass, Soldier (1782) |
Bruce Catton, Historian (1899) |
Artur Davis, Politician (1967) |
Helene Deutsch, Psychologist (1884) |
Ruth Ellis, Criminal (1926) |
John Entwistle, Musician (1944) |
Heinz Fischer, Statesman (1938) |
Bobby Flay, Celebrity (1964) |
Gordon W. Allport, Psychologist (1967) |
Benjamin Banneker, Scientist (1806) |
Robert Jackson, Statesman (1954) |
Walter Kerr, Critic (1996) |