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Steve Lacy

"Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it."

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"Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it."

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"Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized."

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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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