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Ray Conniff

"I tell my friends about my conversations with my father - conversations with an artist."

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"Don't make art for other artists or for 'intellectuals', make art for people - and if you can touch just one person in a lifetime and make a difference - you have succeeded."
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"When I started out, all I did was play my trombone."
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"I tell my friends about my conversations with my father - conversations with an artist."
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