Original Exercise

Famous quotes containing the words original and/or exercise:

“An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)

“I can’t stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it ain’t music, it’s close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.”
—Billie Holiday (1915–1959)