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"As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction."
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"Music gives life to the soul."
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"Music gives strength to the soul."
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"Poetry most often communicates emotions, not directly, but by creating imaginatively the grounds for those emotions. It therefore communicates something more than the emotion; only by means of that something more does it communicate the emotion at all."
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"We often forget to draw a new picture because we are so busy criticizing other paintings."
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"A beautiful poem is nothing but a mirror of philosophy through which we can see life's pure beauty."
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"Poets create a beautiful blue sky where you can fly with wings of imagination and find yourself again and again."
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"The object of art is to enhance the beauty, imaginations and joy of life."
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"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture."
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"Literature tries to express the intricate inner beauties of life. Philosophy tries to explain the intricate inner beauties and conflicts of thoughts."
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"Listen to the song of silence to understand the unsung music of the heart."
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"As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction."
Art
"My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room."
Sound
"You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles."
Death
"I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much."
Men
"I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got."
Sound
"A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas."
Ideas
"You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you."
Musicians
"I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands."
Mouse
"The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body."
Body
"Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice."
Life
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