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"I prepared for the part by drinking, but I was sober when I was performing."
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"But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking."
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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
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"I am not drinking now but I cannot guarantee tomorrow."
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"I admit to drinking it, but I did not swallow."
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"I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow."
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"I get really saucy after a few drinks. Sexy rude, not obnoxious rude."
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"The whole world is about three drinks behind."
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"I have no inhibitions about smoking or drinking, but I think too much of my voice to place it in jeopardy. I have spent many good years in training and cultivating it, and I would be foolish to do anything which might impair or ruin it."
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"I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me."
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"I'm going to Yoshi's. I'm taking a few gigs. I'm playing. I'm not going to play all the time. I'm going to take it easy and take it slow and warm up so I can come back."
Time
"We all kind of grew up together with Art Blakey because we all were young and he gave us a chance to write. We had to write something that was good and to sit up with a great guy like Art Blakey and watch him."
Art
"When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it was very difficult to make gigs and make money with your own style."
Money
"Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it."
Music
"I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something."
Talking
"I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself."
Kids
"I had heard Ornette a couple of times, but I didn't really know where he was coming from until we started the record and it was beautiful, Fred. It opened up my mind."
Mind
"That was the biggest thrill, going over to these guy's houses and having them want me to practice with them and they would show me a lot of stuff, which was really advanced stuff to me at my age."
Age
"They always want to sell me as a hard bopper."
Want
"I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process."
Drink
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