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> [The jazz band's chief stimulus, of course, was the rise of the negro 'blues' and their exploitation by the negro song-writer, W. C. Handy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bix-beiderbecke/the-jazz-band-s-chief-stimulus-of-course-was-the-rise-of-the-negro/)

[Bix Beiderbecke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bix-beiderbecke/)

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> [“John will never forsake the weak and the helpless, nor fail to bring hope to the hopeless. That is what they believe, and so they do not worry. They go on and laugh and sing. Things are bound to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zora-neale-hurston/john-will-never-forsake-the-weak-and-the-helpless-nor-fail-to-bring/)

[Zora Neale Hurston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zora-neale-hurston/)

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