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"I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum."
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"We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date."
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"At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been said, and what I think needs to be said at that point."
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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
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"I always begin to compose the melody first."
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"My first encounter with a Kelly was not on a musical scale. It was from primary school. Dave and I went to primary school together and we were like boy scouts."
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"My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came out in 1964."
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"The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure."
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"The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn."
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"It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going."
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"The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing."
Composer
"This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear."
Life
"Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones."
Dance
"When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing."
Italy
"I've appeared on some other people's albums."
People
"People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time."
Time
"New York is still where I live most of the time."
Time
"The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine."
First
"If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble."
Sense
"Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays."
Music
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