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“I don't need time, I need a deadline.”
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“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”
― Music is My Mistress
― Music is My Mistress
“There are 2 rules in life:
Number 1- Never quit
Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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Number 1- Never quit
Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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“It doesn't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing”
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“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
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“If it sounds good, it IS good.”
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“Love is supreme and unconditional. Like is nice, but limited.”
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“Music is the tonal reflection of beauty. ”
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“New York is a place where the rich walk, the poor drive Cadillac's, and the beggars die of malnutrition with thousands of dollars hidden in their mattresses.”
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“Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.”
― Music is My Mistress
― Music is My Mistress
“His greatest virtue, I think, was his honesty--not only to others but to himself...He demanded freedom of expression and lived in what we consider the most important of moral freedoms; freedom from hate, unconditionally; freedom from all self-pity (even throughout all the pain and bad news); freedom from fear of possibly doing something that might help another more than it might help himself; and freedom from that kind of pride that could make a man feel he was better than his brother or neighbor”
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“Jazz is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.”
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“A problem is a chance for you to do your best”
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“You can’t write music right unless you know how the man that’ll play it plays poker.”
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“By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.”
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“I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline.”
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