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"Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke."

"The value of time is immeasurable."

"Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever."

"Worrying about what happened on Monday, or, what might happen on Wednesday, is at the expense of one's Tuesday."

"Don't equate effective living to being busy."

"People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground."

"Time passes..and a billion lives are affected in ways we'll never know."
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"Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music."

"Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something."

"What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out."

"I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy."

"We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation."

"The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard."

"People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly."

"This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King."

"There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation."

"I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play."
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