Clark Terry famous quotes
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I believe that regardless of how many people you've listened to or emulated over the years, your sound is you and what you really feel inside.
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Your sound is you & what you really feel inside.
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Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.
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Well, I'm too old to pimp, and too young to die, so I'm just gonna keep playin'
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Your mind is a positive asset. Use it for positive thoughts.
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I was very thrilled to witness the workby my ol' buddy Jim Widner whose expertise in the field of jazz education proved invaluable in putting this masterful CD (Yesterdays & Today) together.
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[Sweets Edison] was one of the greatest stylists in Jazz of all time. And on top of that, when you listen to him, you say 'yes, that's Sweets' and you automatically smile. This is really unique. He changed the way how to play this instrument.
-- Clark Terry
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done.
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I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also are some big, beautiful ballads. I told my producers that I wanted tracks that are going to blow up in the clubs, but I also wanted songs that were very melodic and with a lot of instrumentation.
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To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
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The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No.
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Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose, To th' active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn's string a touch more sore and grave. The motions strait, and round, and swift, and slow, And short and long, were mixt and woven so, Did in such artful Figures smoothly fall, As made this decent measur'd dance of all. And this is Musick.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.
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My heart and soul are in the Stratocaster
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