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"I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can be for various reasons."
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"The weak may not be admired and hero-worshipped; but they are by no means disliked or shunned; and they never seem to have the least difficulty in marrying people who are too good for them. They may fail in emergencies; but life is not one long emergency: it is mostly a string of situations for which no exceptional strength is needed, and with which even rather weak people can cope if they have a stronger partner to help them out."
"Regardless of what you are going through, God has a solution."
"I'm not even going to tell you what I think about what just happened in there. But I know it sucked and I have no idea why you aren't crying right now, but I know your heart hurts, and maybe even your pride. So fuck school. We're going for ice cream."
"For your every tear, know that I'll always be here. To bare one pain we both will share, know I'll never disappear."
"I may not want your help, but I always want you beside me."
"In times of difficulty, take time out and seek support and encouragement."
"We need you to help us figure out how you can help us."
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"I guess fortunate that I'm still around and I emphasize I guess because you never can tell what musicians would be playing had they been around as long as I have."
"I am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something musically valid."
"What I am more concerned about is whether our whole civilization will be around in the next 25 years."
"I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been treated and are treated, and the fact that the music has not been given the kind of due that it deserves."
"I miss playing with Miles. I did play with him a little while before he left the planet, but even at that time I longed to maybe do some things together."
"Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing."
"My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune."
"I don't want to appear hostile, like I'm hostile to L.A. or that I feel that the people don't appreciate jazz. I don't think it's that. I think it's something more. It's something a little bit more complicated than that."
"Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music."
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