"It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it."

-- Lennie Tristano

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“A kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.”
“Saddam is neither friend nor brother to us, and he will never pay off debts to us. It's the question of precedent: today the United States doesn't like Iraq, tomorrow Syria, then Iran, North Korea and then what: everyone else?”
“I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.”
“All that is best for us comes of itself into our hands-but if we strive to overtake it, it perpetually eludes us.”

Source : Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (1924). “The Dance of ?iva: Essays on Indian Art and Culture”, p.109, Courier Corporation
“I am just a pawn. I was just here. They are after a bigger thing, they would love to take us back to where we were many years ago. Back to where black people were looking down, not looking white folks in the face, not being able to compete for a job out there and not be a whole person.”
“Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate the artist's mind and guide his hand.”
“Don't call me crazy.I'm a survivor. I do what I have to do to survive.”
“Christ alone can bring lasting peace - peace with God - peace among men and nations - and peace within our hearts.”

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