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"In the morning, when he entered my room, I grumbled, but he was like the sunlight to me, all the same. One cannot defend oneself against those brats. They take hold of you, they hold you fast, they never let you go again. The truth is, that there never was a cupid like that child."

"Where they come in the spirit of perpetual giving - the house that love built."

"Sometimes love doesn't look like what we think it should look like. Sometimes it's paradoxical. Sometimes we have to step outside our comfort zone. Sometimes we have to be more honest than we thought we'd ever have to be or more supportive than we are taught is appropriate. When we traverse those boundaries, that's when we really understand what this whole love thing is all about. We become more than just human. We become part of the giant, beautiful ever-changing reality of life. By loving without limits, we become wise, strong, and beautiful. We become more of what we already are."

"You know you are in pure love when you see only the beauty inside you and all around you."

"There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other."
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"They call me before they go into production, when they have a prototype, and they call legitimate saxophonists, too. As opposed to the other kind."


"It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up."


"When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in a small club. The place was full of musicians, but there was no public at all."


"It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing."


"Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same."


"Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it."
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