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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."
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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."
"Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble."
"The worldly life has persisted due to imitation of worldly movements and by opposing them, one becomes free."
"To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite."
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"They call me before they go into production, when they have a prototype, and they call legitimate saxophonists, too. As opposed to the other kind."
"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."
"It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing."
"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."
"Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same."
"There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language."
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