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Mel Torme

"Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it."

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"Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it."

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"When we allow the genius of simple nature to flow through us we become every genius who has ever lived."

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"Genius - the pursuit of madness."

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"A genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does."

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"Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius."

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"The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas."

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"There is no off position on the genius switch."

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"Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60."

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"There is nothing in the genius of America more precious today than the spirit of religious and political tolerance in its application to our own people."

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"Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them."

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"It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention."

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"As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else."
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"I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America."
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"Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money."
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"Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year."
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"My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer."
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"But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in."
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"So I'm sorry, I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer."
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"I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - till I was about nine years old."
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"Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film."
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