Carolina QuotesInterviewer: What other interests do you have? Monk: Life in general. Interviewer: What do you do about it? Monk: Keep breathing. Interviewer: What do you think the purpose of life is? Monk: To die.
Thelonious Monk Carolinian
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Interview in DownBeat magazine (October 28, 1971)
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