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New music? Hell, there’s been no new music since Stravinsky.

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Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.
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The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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I like any and all of my associations with music: writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and the audience listens from its perspective. If and when we agree, I am lucky.
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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.
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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit. Number2- Never forget rule number 1.
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There is no art without intention.
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Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
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There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
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