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> [Our past as well as our future. It could have been completely destroyed when we were brought to the New World as slaves. They even took away our drums. And I don't want to talk about all those negative things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-weston/our-past-as-well-as-our-future-it-could-have-been-completely/)

[Randy Weston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-weston/)

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## Other authors on Calypso

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/calypso/rick-riordan/)

## More by Randy Weston

> [We all have music in us - your heartbeat is your drum, your voice is your sound - and music is supposed to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-weston/we-all-have-music-in-us-your-heartbeat-is-your-drum-your-voice-is/)

[Randy Weston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-weston/)

> [In Africa I discovered what the true purpose of a musician is. We are historians, and it is our purpose to tell the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-weston/in-africa-i-discovered-what-the-true-purpose-of-a-musician-is-we-are/)

[Randy Weston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-weston/)

> [Our past as well as our future. It could have been completely destroyed when we were brought to the New World as slaves. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-weston/our-past-as-well-as-our-future-it-could-have-been-completely/)

[Randy Weston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-weston/)

> [ At first I didn't understand what \[Thelonious Monk\] was doing, but I went back again, and what I can say about Monk is that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-weston/at-first-i-didn-t-understand-what-thelonious-monk-was-doing-but-i/)

[Randy Weston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-weston/)

> [ There's no appreciation for the giants \[of jazz\]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film on Louis… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-weston/there-s-no-appreciation-for-the-giants-of-jazz-there-s-never-been-a/)

[Randy Weston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-weston/)

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