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I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing [...] the emotional reaction is all that matters, as long as there's some feeling of communication, it isn't necessary that it be understood.

— John Coltrane

I have frequently seen people become neurotic when they content themselves with inadequate or wrong answers to the questions of life. They seek position, marriage, reputation, outward success of money, and remain unhappy […] even when they have attained what they were seeking. Such people are usually confined within too narrow a spiritual horizon. Their life has not sufficient content, sufficient meaning. If they are enabled to develop into more spacious personalities, the neurosis generally disappears.

— Carl Jung

Wir machen Heimatmusik aus dem Rhein-Ruhr-Gebiet.

— Ralf Hütter

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Fegt mich weg.

I'm very solitary, that's all. […] I can't dismiss it. Inside, I'm very much in communication with a lot of people and things who absolutely don’t know I'm in communication with them.

— Jean-Luc Godard

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.

— Dave Brubeck

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As close as you can for as long as it lasts.

Für viele ist Freiheit eine Last.

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Schon verrückt, wie sich die Kreise manchmal
öffnen, überschneiden und wieder schließen.

— Klaus Schulze

Gehe in die Tiefe, nicht in die Weite.

I am consistent, you are not. I am a reflection of what is in you.
You are not a reflection of what is in me.

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To return is impossible and to talk about it forbidden.

— Arseny Tarkovsky

Einen Carpenter-Film erkennt man nach den ersten zwei, drei Einstellungen. Meistens an einem bestimmten Raumgefühl. Dieser Inszenierung von Leere. So ganz unvermittelt. Das ist sehr speziell.

— Nicolas Saada

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Love is still alive.

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Die wenigsten Menschen [...] finden ihren Halt in sich selbst. Sie suchen ihn ständig woanders und dann finden sie ihn irgendwo. Bei einem Menschen an den sie glauben.

— Stephan Derrick

Derrick, Das Mädchen in Jeans;
inszeniert von Theodor Grädler, 1984

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Not taking things personally is a superpower.

— James Clear