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Billy Higgins

"The United States is a beautiful place, you know?"

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"The United States is a beautiful place, you know?"

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"The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do."
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"You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice."
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"The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level."
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"I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do."
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"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."
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"There's so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed."
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"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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