"I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything."

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"I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything."

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"I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever."

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"There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it."

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"These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over."

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