"At a time when individualism is becoming an endangered species, jazz represents a celebration of the individual."

--

Ellis Marsalis, Jr.

#Individuality Quotes #Becoming Quotes #Jazz Quotes

“You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Catriona O'Shaughnessy, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2006.
“Some people find that if they share a profession with their partner, they dont talk about anything else.”
“True Islam taught me that it takes all of the religious, political, economic, psychological, and racial ingredients, or characteristics, to make the Human Family and the Human Society complete.”
“Whenever anything extraordinary is done in American municipal politics, whether for good or for evil, you can trace it almost invariably to one man. The people do not do it. Neither do the 'gangs,' 'combines,' or political parties.”
“I'm like toilet paper, toothpaste and certain amenities - I'm proven to be good. I've still got 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years left.”
“Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The sacrifice of personal existence is necessary to secure the preservation of the species.”
“He was abominable...and the most alluring, tortured soul I'd ever met.”

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