“I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that w...” — Marian McPartland Quote

I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works.

That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.

Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.

Although I do feel that with a show like ours we ourselves are getting a lot more young listeners at concerts.

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

I'm a black woman who loves hair. I enjoy changing my hair, having fun with it - just hair! I go from braids, to weaves, to wigs, to natural hair.

I want to change Scotland, but the only way we can change Scotland is by changing the Scottish Labour Party.

I was so proud of my team and myself for changing the rules of the fashion industry.

In the first couple of years when you're transitioning you don't really fit into any gender, because you're changing over. You have to start getting electrolysis before you even start your therapy. But I think all the weird looks help to give you conviction in who you really are.