Carolina QuotesI don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.
Thelonious Monk Carolinian
Source
When questioned as to the future of jazz, as quoted in DownBeat (October 30, 1958), p.16 (later requoted in Jet).
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- 1958
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- p.16
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“I don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You…” Thelonious Monk. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F1804267F5. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f1804267f5
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