Archives for June 28, 2021

Herbie Hancock talks about Miles Davis in an undated TV interview:

(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)

“If I wasn’t an actor, I think I’d have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. Art is a little bit larger than life—it’s an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.”

Laurence Olivier, quoted in Foster Hirsch, Laurence Olivier