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Dexter Gordon

"When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem."

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"When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem."

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"Music is a reservoir... of sounds."
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"If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something."
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"The music scene is more competitive in the States."
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"Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future."
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