"I got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18."

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Source : "Roy Harper: soundtrack of my life" by Leah Harper, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2013.

Roy Harper

#Age Quotes #Avant Garde Quotes #Jazz Quotes

“Procedure names should reflect what they do; function names should reflect what they return”
“Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.”
“Nobody can tell your story the way you can tell your story.”
“I felt like one who wants to trap and cage a little bird, and after years of waiting and luring and baiting finds that she must do no more than hold out her hand, and the finch lands on her finger and does not fly. You scarcely dare to move. It rests on your hand whole and free, foolishly trusting and infinitely courageous. It will never be more beautiful.”
“A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.”
“Never confuse faith, or beliefâ€”of any kindâ€”with something even remotely intellectual.”

Source : John Irving (2012). “A Prayer For Owen Meany”, p.537, Random House
“There was never anything so well devised by men which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted”
“Brains, you know, are suspect in the Republican Party.”

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