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Joseph Jarman

"Well, remember that we were all members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians."

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"Well, remember that we were all members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians."

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"You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at all."
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"So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music."
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