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Steve Lacy

"When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a very esoteric type of thing."

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"When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a very esoteric type of thing."

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"I want music, I don't want stupidity, (Hey)... (mey)... I don't give a shit, so far it sounds like stupidity changes tracks and it's on the track and it waits to appear!"

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