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"I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro."
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"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."
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"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."
Money
"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me."
Music
"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."
Love
"Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it."
Life
"I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro."
Music
"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out."
Life
"I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee."
Boats
"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."
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"Nature was my kindergarten."
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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."
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"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."
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"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."
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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."
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"You can cage the singer but not the song."
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"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty."
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"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."
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"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."
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"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."
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"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."
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