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"When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states."

"Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state."

"There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state."

"North Dakota State. What do you have to do there to graduate? Milk a cow with your left hand?"

"I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas."

"I have this cozy house here and I get three pensions from the States. I've done nicely."

"Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to."

"It's a coup by the GOP to grab the governorship to California to make this place a safe haven for George W. Bush in 2004. It's incredible when you think about it. The recall cost the state $100 million."
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"It's something that - jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don't care where you're from, what you are, what background you come from - there's something there for you."

"The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do."

"If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level."

"Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned."

"Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't."
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