Max Roach Quotes

They don't tell you why they chose you. And they won't say who was on the committee. - Max Roach

The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument. - Max Roach

My point is that we much decolonize our minds and re-name and re-define ourselves . . . In all respects, culturally, politically, socially, we must re-define ourselves and our lives, in our own terms. - Max Roach

Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty. - Max Roach

I'd like to build what I call an oasis. - Max Roach

I didn't even apply. There was no warning. - Max Roach

I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure. - Max Roach

He American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra. - Max Roach

Although the crash came a year later, and although the people were poor and disenfranchised, they had a lot of pride. - Max Roach

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