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"A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on."
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"It may be that you've just missed a great opportunity that should have been your turning point towards the direction of greatness. What next? Go into your closet and learn your lessons; "opportunity missed may not be regained, but new opportunity can be recreated with the will that have to work harder!"
"When the boat is waiting for you, when the rows are waiting for you, when the calm sea is waiting for you, when the sun is waiting for you, when everything is ready to help you to move forward, be there or those who wait will go away!"
"If you cannot find the distinctive opportunities you want, you can create the distinctive opportunities you want but you can't find!"
"Everyone has their own calling, but not everyone is looking for the phone, or either they missed the call, or just not answered it."
"All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move."
"Most people miss an opportunity because they fear to knock on the door."
"Luck appears when you are working towards it, not looking for it."
"When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?"
"When one door closes another opens. But we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."
"Opportunities that always fail need change, else they will continue to keep failing till the future have its end."
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"Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people."
"When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem."
"If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something."
"To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche."
"It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also."
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