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It was never easy being Cicely Tyson. And it will not be easy being Octavia or Viola Davis.
I am a music freak. My tastes run the gamut from Willie Nelson to Metallica to Miles Davis.
I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on.
The Warriors team with Baron Davis, Matt Barnes, Stephen Jackson - that was an incredible team.
And I remember looking at Gray Davis and, you know, Gray is the consummate political operative.
I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up.
I've been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years - and I have the cigarette burns to prove it.
Guys like Alvin Adams, Sweet D Walter Davis, Larry Nance, and Kyle Macy became my basketball heroes.
I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him.
Nobody can really dominate like Stephen Hendry or Steve Davis. The players are just too good for that.
I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose.
I was asked to be in Elton John's band, Joni Mitchell's band, and Miles Davis' band. I couldn't do it.
Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open.
The Davis Cup should be home and away from the semi-finals as a minimum, I would say even the quarters.
Back in the days of Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis, beauty wasn't the be-all and end-all it is today.
Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.
I was working with the likes of Steve McQueen, Matthew McConaughey, Viola Davis, just running the gamut.
I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.
I don't want to be just somebody short who happens to act. I hope my legacy will be Warwick Davis, Actor.
I love Glenn Gould. Max Steiner. John Williams. Louis Prima. Benny Goodman. Miles Davis. John Philip Sousa.
Viola Davis, she does have a lot of TV acting jobs, and she's also a very, very accomplished stage actress.
We all know what Al Davis means to the NFL, what he means to the Oakland Raiders. He is the Oakland Raiders.
Over time, I've loved jazz, Miles Davis and Chet Baker, then Janis and Jimi and Creedence, then classic rock.
Lincoln Davis has supported Nancy Pelosi's anti-business, big government policies a disturbing 83% of the time.
I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.
Whether at the Olympic Games or during a Davis Cup tie I am extremely proud and honored to represent my country.
I think my best friends are my team-mates in Davis Cup. We have been growing up together since we were 11 or 12.
Six months after I moved to L.A., I booked the ABC pilot 'Commander-in-Chief' with Geena Davis. I played her son.
Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.
I learned from Al Davis. We didn't have any secretaries. Secretaries, really, in Oakland were young football people.
I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.
To come back from injury to qualify my country for the Davis Cup final and then to win my third trophy, it means a lot.
Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.
You can't talk about the NFL without the Raiders, the three Super Bowl championships, what Al Davis meant to the league.
I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.
To me, there are only a few tournaments that are important. The Grand Slams, Davis Cup, the Swedish Open; that's about it.
One of my favorite movies is Bette Davis in 'All About Eve,' and it is shocking there was no pressure on her to be likable.
People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment.
We're trying to do what Miles Davis would have wanted us to do, which is approach it as artists with his life as the canvas.
In Oakland, Al Davis was a genius. We had Ron Wolff there, too, and he was a genius. There was no room for me to be a genius.
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.
I don't think we listened to any rock n' roll at all in the early days. It was Miles Davis and John Coltrane 95% of the time.
When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the Davis Cup for Australia.
Sean Davis is one of the best youngsters I've been around. He's got an old head on his shoulders and he's a very good player.
I made an a capella cover of Kesha when everyone else was listening to Miles Davis and people didn't like it. They imitated me.
Sammy Davis Jr. was a real movie buff who loved nothing better than being around a film studio - whether he was working or not.
All people of goodwill object to racial hatred. But no one cares that Billy Crystal darkened his skin to portray Sammy Davis Jr.
I did 'Fences' off-broadway at the Beacon Theater, so it's amazing that Denzel Washington and Viola Davis brought it to Broadway.
In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic.