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- If you're trying to invent something new, you're going to reach a lot of discouraging points, and most people give up.
- It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up.
- When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now.
- I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.
- I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.
- The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It…
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