Thelonious Monk Quotes

Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

I haven't always made the right decisions.

I've fallen on my face. I've made mistakes. I've got plenty of records where I listen back, and I think, 'I wouldn't've done that.'

The only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

Sulking about your mistakes only leads to future ones.

It's easy to make mistakes. It's living with the consequences of them that's the hardest.

Mistakes, mistakes, it's all I seem capable of at times.

I've taken my knocks here and there, but I believe my intentions are good. Doesn't mean everything I do is perfectly executed or I don't make mistakes. Of course I do.

Made plenty of mistakes along the way - all of which I am truly sorry.

That was my decision, so I have to be responsible for that. It was one of the biggest mistakes of my life and I don't have a good reason for why I wanted to come back, I don't have a good reason for doing it all.

I've certainly never helped anybody save the day, in any capacity. If anybody is going to understand making a few mistakes, it's me.

Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.

Mistakes are a part of life; you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that you don't make the same mistake twice.

I made my fair share of mistakes.

I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too.

I don't want to repeat my mistakes.

I make mistakes like anybody else, I will make mistakes. And you have to reflect on it, and you have to listen to people. That is the key.

Where I Was Wrong

I made a lot of mistakes.

I remember some of the biggest mistakes I have made really, really well.

The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don't take responsibility for what you did wrong.

To be honest, I've made a lot mistakes and I quite like making them because you learn from them.

I've made plenty of mistakes, and I'm sure I'll make more.

I make mistakes, and sometimes in split seconds. Then seconds later I know how wrong I was.

Everybody has seen that I make mistakes. Every single album I have ever made is about love. But I am not going to give up. I have to look at what I do wrong. I rush in, I get swept up, I ignore the signs. But so many of us are guilty of these things. Each time it goes wrong, it's hard. I get really hurt but I have to let myself go: 'What did I do? What can I learn?' And as hard and as hurtful as things get, I want to believe I will be able to go one step higher. I've got to hope that if I keep going I will eventually get it right.