A biography for Thelonious Monkhasn’t been written yet.
“The piano ain't got no wrong notes.”
“All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.”
“Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.”
“I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum.”
“They tried to get me to hate white people, but someone would always come along & spoil it.”
“I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games.”
“We have two kids, my wife and myself.”
“I never though much about race.”
“Be-bop wasn't developed in any deliberate way.”
“I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me.”
“I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.”