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"The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time."
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"We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment."
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"You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much."
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"When you see a girl like me bustin' perps, there ain't no time to be pretty."
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"I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown."
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"If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it."
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"I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own."
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"There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened."
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"I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18."
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"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored."
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"When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave."
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"I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon."
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"But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good."
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"I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial."
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"I'm playin' music for a certain type of person. Fortunately, there are more and more of us. At least there are more comin' to see me than there were 30 years ago or so."
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"I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs."
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"I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me."
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"At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone."
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"I'm playin' the music I like."
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"As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality."
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"There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have a humorous point of view somewhere."
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