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"Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties."

"I can remember going back a couple of years later and, you know, think about it and I was doing a, kind of a political survey, door to door, and everything and I couldn't find any men in the town. It was very strange, you know."

"The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual apprehension, as by a spiritual illumination. They met men, and the need of those men whom they met cried aloud to them."

"Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair."
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"The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body."


"You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you."


"Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice."


"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."


"I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got."


"My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room."


"As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction."
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