Roaches – Page 2

Nobody puts Roach in

Nobody puts Roach in the corner. Alexandra Roach

I leave the human

I leave the human cockroaches to discuss their heroin and child pornography. Alan Moore

I went up to his [Hank Jones’] house and there were four guys there: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Max Roach. Not a bad place to be. Scared shitless, but a nice place to be on my second day in New York. Ray Brown

We declare openly that

We declare openly that the Arabs have no right to settle on even one centimeter of Eretz Israel…. Force is all they do or ever will understand. We shall use the ultimate force until the Palestinians come crawling to us on all fours … When we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be … Read more

BTW, the roach’s name

BTW, the roach’s name is Max (courtesy of Brianna, ‘because of I had a puppy, I’d name him Max’). Rachel Renée Russell

I was in New

I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn’t expressing myself. I was really unhappy with my life. I saw Max Roach again and he told me I didn’t have to do things like that. He made me an honest woman on the stage. I have been performing in that tradition since. I feel that I’m a serious performer now whereas then I wanted to be but I didn’t know how.
Abbey Lincoln