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Doc Severinsen

"He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said that I would die before I went to rehab. But I thought, 'I'm going to stay here tonight.' And I stayed there for a month. It was great."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"We are what we think."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I remember growing up thinking that astronauts and their job was the coolest thing you could possibly do... But I absolutely couldn't identify with the people who were astronauts. I thought they were movie stars."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Think of what you desire out of life."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"A lot of our tracks have sounded a lot better than I thought they would because of recording, mixing, and because I probably didn't hear it that way. I'm not a songwriter."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Most of the people who get off at our exit get off by mistake. They thought it was Exit 57."

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Doc Severinsen
"He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson."

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Doc Severinsen
"I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops."

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Doc Severinsen
"My goodness, everyone is planting grapes, even a neighbor with only five acres."

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Doc Severinsen
"Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation."

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Doc Severinsen
"Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out there's a certain acceptance that sets in; you're no longer a threatening personality. They become more willing to accept whatever you present."

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Doc Severinsen
"Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and performing with symphonies. I wouldn't trade it for anything."

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