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> [ Above all else, \[Benny Goodman\] was a great player, one of the greatest American music has produced. He brought his absolute talent and his invincible love of music to the fore every time he played. There are many other things… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/above-all-else-benny-goodman-was-a-great-player-one-of-the-greatest/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

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## More by Stanley Crouch

> [I also wanted to do something that I hadn't really seen in almost any black novels, which was a complex love story in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/i-also-wanted-to-do-something-that-i-hadn-t-really-seen-in-almost-any/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [Getting to the pint where the other is not the enemy is a big leap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/getting-to-the-pint-where-the-other-is-not-the-enemy-is-a-big-leap/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/the-discussion-of-ideas-as-opposed-to-the-american-narcissistic/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/when-people-conclude-that-all-is-futile-then-the-absurd-becomes-the/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [“It may sound cruel...but...what makes a criminal is a disposition toward cruelty, a laziness and impatience that lead to taking from others, and cynicism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/it-may-sound-cruel-but-what-makes-a-criminal-is-a-disposition-toward/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [I wanted to get to that aesthetic proposition that comes out of learning the human elements of a world, so that those notes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/i-wanted-to-get-to-that-aesthetic-proposition-that-comes-out-of/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [ Above all else, \[Benny Goodman\] was a great player, one of the greatest American music has produced. He brought his absolute talent and his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/above-all-else-benny-goodman-was-a-great-player-one-of-the-greatest/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [Our democratic richness arrives when we're able to comprehend our collective humanity accurately.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/our-democratic-richness-arrives-when-we-re-able-to-comprehend-our/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/our-job-as-writers-and-thinkers-in-the-time-is-how-to-bring-about-the/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [You'd never know that listening to people in the UN but tribalism is the father of racism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/you-d-never-know-that-listening-to-people-in-the-un-but-tribalism-is/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [I don't know any women who don't think about what they look like, and I don't know any men who don't think about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/i-don-t-know-any-women-who-don-t-think-about-what-they-look-like-and/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/the-high-point-of-civilization-is-that-you-can-hate-me-and-i-can-hate/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [Our society has gotten to the point where we might soon become less and less shocked by any kind of violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/our-society-has-gotten-to-the-point-where-we-might-soon-become-less/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [When a violent minority that crosses color lines comes to believe that killing those you know or do not know is a reasonable solution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/when-a-violent-minority-that-crosses-color-lines-comes-to-believe/)

[Stanley Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-crouch/)

> [But the myth of violent solutions as the ultimate solutions maintains itself in much of popular media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-crouch/but-the-myth-of-violent-solutions-as-the-ultimate-solutions-maintains/)

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