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Benny Green

"I didn't know when I was growing up that this was a very special program, that this wasn't going on in other parts of the country. Now I realize that I was lucky."

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Akshay Vasu

"He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices."

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Akshay Vasu

"America is the most fertile ground of opportunity."

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Akshay Vasu

"Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country."

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Akshay Vasu

"Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy endearing somewhat because all he wanted to do was unite his country."

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Akshay Vasu

"In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon."

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Akshay Vasu

"What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds."

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Akshay Vasu

"Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner."

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Akshay Vasu

"What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel."

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Akshay Vasu

"I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks."

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Akshay Vasu

"I didn't know when I was growing up that this was a very special program, that this wasn't going on in other parts of the country. Now I realize that I was lucky."

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Benny Green
"I didn't know when I was growing up that this was a very special program, that this wasn't going on in other parts of the country. Now I realize that I was lucky."

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Benny Green
"Just to be around that, to feel a part of it and be able to integrate the experience while I was with the Messengers, of going and playing gigs with other drummers, gave me the chance to realize that it was not just me that was making it happen."

Experience

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Benny Green
"I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays close attention to what I'm doing because he cares."

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Benny Green
"A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges."

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Benny Green
"Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed."

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Benny Green
"Just to have that sense of family, it gives you something that you know you need to take care of for the rest of your life. People gave it to him, and he passed it on to us."

Family

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Benny Green
"We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and we decided we wouldn't have any rehearsal."

Play

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Benny Green
"Actually, I've had very little classical training, although I love listening to classical music very much."

Love

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Benny Green
"Art was carrying me a lot of the time. When you're accustomed to playing with Art, and you play with other drummers, it's as if the bottom dropped out."

Art

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Benny Green
"The first time we performed as a duo, we had already been playing together in various situations."

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