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"Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!"

Toots Thielemans, Belgian Musician

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"Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!"

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"My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine."

"Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!"

"You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning."

"My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician."

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