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- There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing.
- When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he…
- Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.
- The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and…
- There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you just…
- Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate…
- I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing…
- I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
- There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks…
- The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say…
- You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents.
- Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get…
- Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now.
- There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising.
- Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try…
- I grew up in the South, in New Orleans, where guys torture you all the time. So I didn't really grow up on the self-esteem…
- I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for my…
- I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's the…
- If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not -…
- My thing is, once you start to put a backbeat on your music or something that has a machine in it, you have popularity, but…
- Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of…
- When you create change with your point of view, you have to be ready for what comes with that.
- There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence…
- As a jazz musician, you have individual power to create the sound. You also have a responsibility to function in the context of other people…
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide