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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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"To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite."
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"The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation."
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"I'm a very big Notorious B.I.G. fan and I do an imitation of him that always cracks everybody up."
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"Some people spend the best part of their lives living the dreams of others."
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"Imitation cannot go above its model."
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"Imitation is a necessity of human nature."
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"Imitation is the sincerest form of television."
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"Imitation is the sincerest form of pain."
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"Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble."
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"The worldly life has persisted due to imitation of worldly movements and by opposing them, one becomes free."
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"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."
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"Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first."
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"You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good."
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"The soprano turned out to sound to me like the right hand on the piano."
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"I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz."
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"I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever."
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"I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music."
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"When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly."
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"The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music."
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"If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that."
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