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"The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough."
"To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music."
"I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important."
"I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going."
"When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist."
"Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home."
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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."
"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."
"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."
"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."
"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."
"Music is the fastest motivator in the world."
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