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Dexter Gordon

"It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also."

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"It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also."

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A.E. Samaan

"I haven't done any building designs since the Loaf House."

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A.E. Samaan

"Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were."

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A.E. Samaan

"They say the Pharaohs built the pyramids Do you think one Pharaoh dropped one bead of sweat? We built the pyramids for the Pharaohs and we're building for them yet."

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A.E. Samaan

"Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great."

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A.E. Samaan

"Then I have a head mounted display which actually was designed for the military to do synchronized building entries and that's looking down at my hands, so projected on the big screen behind me, you can see my hands as I'm putting the tracks together."

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A.E. Samaan

"You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions."

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A.E. Samaan

"When the songs pop out, that's like the climax of us building."

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A.E. Samaan

"The pattern of things was that each of the research students would be doing some particular experiment on the accelerator, often involving the building of counters or a system like that."

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A.E. Samaan

"We have a group of friends of the museum who try to raise, if they can, periodically something to help us. Of course, the main thing about a building like this is its upkeep. It needs central heating and it needs central air conditioning."

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A.E. Samaan

"We began building this incredible new foundation in this restaurant, and that's what began giving me the left-hand side of tradition and the right-hand side, my new palate."

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Dexter Gordon
"In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically."

Influence

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Dexter Gordon
"What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it."

Love

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Dexter Gordon
"In nuclear war all men are cremated equal."

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Dexter Gordon
"The music scene is more competitive in the States."

Music

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Dexter Gordon
"Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future."

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Dexter Gordon
"Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people."

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Dexter Gordon
"To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche."

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Dexter Gordon
"If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up."

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Dexter Gordon
"Music is a reservoir... of sounds."

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Dexter Gordon
"If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something."

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