A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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The only music I don’t like is bad music.
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A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.
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You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.
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The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special. It’s got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that’s what makes a good record.
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If I don’t have a mother, I’ll let music be my mother.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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It’s the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.
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A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer – you put a great song on top of that, you’re really in great shape!
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You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
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They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day.
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I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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