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Lionel Hampton

"Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God."

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Donna Grant

"Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God."

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Donna Grant

"I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul."

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Donna Grant

"There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will."

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Donna Grant

"It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God."

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Donna Grant

"I gave in, and admitted that God was God."

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Donna Grant

"God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause."

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Donna Grant

"What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character."

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Donna Grant

"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way.""

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Donna Grant

"Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from."

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Donna Grant

"Without the Mind, there is no God. Without you, there is no God."

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Lionel Hampton
"Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands."

Music

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Lionel Hampton
"Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things."

Day

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Lionel Hampton
"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s."

Chicago

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Lionel Hampton
"Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating."

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Lionel Hampton
"I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano."

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Lionel Hampton
"Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid."

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Lionel Hampton
"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."

Gratitude

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Lionel Hampton
"Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God."

God

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Lionel Hampton
"Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general."

Musicians

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Lionel Hampton
"So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age."

Age

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