"You discover over time that music can be overwhelming. Unless the musicians involved understand this they can lose audiences. Spontaneity and improvisation are salient features but I also strive to make music that is peaceful. I want to make music that aids world peace in the same way that the people who shaped my development did."

-- Bennie Maupin

#People Quotes #Peaceful Quotes #Want Quotes

“Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.”
“Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.”
“My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.”
“If the only thing people learned was not to be afraid of their experience, that alone would change the world.”
“To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.”
“How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel.”
“Nostradamus himself confessed that the vague manner in which he wrote his "prophecies" was so that 'they could not possibly be understood until they were interpreted after the event and by it.'”
“It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it.”

Source : "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.

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