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"It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke."
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"I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I'm surprised at how effective it is, even today, and how vibrant that movie is and how juicy the performances all are."
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"Your sacred time is now! Begin to live passionately."
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"Never let yesterday use up too much of today."
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"Have you realized that today is the tomorrow you talked about yesterday? It is your responsibility to change your life for the better."
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"Eddie Jordan found me all the drives. If I am with Tyrrell today, it is because Eddie was there."
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"A woman today is good, or she is bad, according to the way she does a thing - and not because of the thing itself."
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"Ventriloquism today is in a slump."
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"They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies."
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"I am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for."
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"I didn't get where I am today by worryin' about how I'd feel tomorrow."
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"I don't think you can ever regain your ignorance."
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"One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'."
Art
"Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving."
Music
"When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key."
France
"I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food."
Food
"When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo."
People
"I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano."
Music
"I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener."
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"There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all."
Music
"When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything."
Music
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