Thelonious Monk — American Musician born on October 10, 1917, died on February 17, 1982

Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" "Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed more than 1,000 pieces, whereas Monk wrote about 70... (wikipedia)

All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.
I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me.
I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum.
I never though much about race.
Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.