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"The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It happened with anybody who is really original."
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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
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"For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion."
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"What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black male patriarchy."
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"They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can't even smoke in bed."
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"Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids."
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"The tea baggers. The one thing they hate is when you call them racist. The other thing they hate is black people. But they won't say it."
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"Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters."
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"I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them!"
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"With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless."
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"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."
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"It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up."
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"It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing."
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"When I came up, it was all about originality and collective research. There is an awful lot of imitation going on now."
Imitation
"I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination."
Imagination
"When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly."
Music
"Register is very important. Music sounds best in a certain register."
Music
"Jazz is people's music, a collectivity."
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"Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it."
Experts
"Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work."
Work
"I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed."
Art
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