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"Yes, I can play. I can play. I can't play as long as I did and as hard, but I don't think I have to."
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"That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier."
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"I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards."
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"I named it that because more or less each person from the band used to play in other bands and when we left respective bands other members from those bands all sort of changed round. It was a big sort of move thing. I got it from that, I suppose."
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"I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play."
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"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her."
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"I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that."
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"I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs."
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"I don't wanna play Karen. I just don't. I've kind of done this."
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"I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some."
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"We tune down a full step when we play but I never miss a note. I've learned how to keep my voice."
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"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
"Yes, I can play. I can play. I can't play as long as I did and as hard, but I don't think I have to."
Play
"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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