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"When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins."
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""Think simple" as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles."
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"In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note."
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"I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir."
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"Manage yourself first and others will take your orders."
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"When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio."
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"But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions."
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"Hang 'em first, try 'em later."
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"When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'"
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"I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer."
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"You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others."
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"Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately."
Wit
"The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing."
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"When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins."
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"It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way."
Jazz
"Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs."
Job
"I've appeared on some other people's albums."
People
"New York is still where I live most of the time."
Time
"Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years."
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"Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones."
Dance
"If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble."
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