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"Las Vegas without Wayne Newton is like Disneyland without Mickey Mouse."

"For a while I was thinking about moving the mouse with my hand."

"I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did."

"The guy has to kill the spider and get the dead mouse outta the pool."
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"As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction."

"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."

"Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice."

"The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body."

"My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room."

"I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got."

"You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you."
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