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"The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day."
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"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."
Art
"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."
Money
"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me."
Music
"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."
Love
"Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it."
Life
"I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro."
Music
"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out."
Life
"The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day."
Day
"I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee."
Boats
"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."
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"Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night."
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"Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered."
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"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
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"So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way."
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Personal Development
"There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators."
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Personal Development
"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after."
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Personal Development
"A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day."
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Personal Development
"Every day, I have a most embarrassing moment."
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Personal Development
"No charges have been filed by the L.A. district attorney's office, and for that I am appreciative. I have said it before, but we all make mistakes, and the day will come soon enough where you no longer read of mine in the tabloids."
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Personal Development
"Miserable is a good thing, though. If you start the day miserable, nobody else can screw up your day."
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