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Carla Bley

"I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food."

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"I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food."

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"New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin."

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"When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself."

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"In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect."

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"Put your nose into the Bible everyday. It is your spiritual food. And then share it. Make a vow not to be a lukewarm Christian."

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"We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it."

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"So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it."

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"When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key."
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"One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'."
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