Firsts Quote by Dizzy Gillespie

“There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.”

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Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.

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How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like…

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They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.

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I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.

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I used to do a lot of apologizing for what the State Department had done.

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Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music.

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The idea of life is to give and receive.

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As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.

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Mutual respect is so important because as soon as it disappears in relations between you and the next person, there's trouble.

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One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

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Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.

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I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.

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