"I guess I'm fortunate that I'm still around and I emphasize 'I guess', because you never can tell what musicians would be playing had they been around as long as I have."

-- Sonny Rollins

#Long Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Musician Quotes

“My son doesn't know how flawed I am, how flawed we are. He still likes us so much, and that's so incredible to be around.”
“Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.”
“I thought: Just one step. One step at a time. You donâ€™t have to do them all at once.”
“I can see today that the same sort of issues lie behind taxidermy and photography. Taxidermy consists in preserving a bird in full flight... In the same way, photography halts and freezes motion and life.”
“The media know exactly what they're doing, focusing our attention on Arsenio's hairdo. We need to keep our brains brimming with rubbish. If we didn't, we might think about things.”
“I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional, it's not comedy anymore.”
“You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.”
“Self-knowledge involves relationship. To know oneself is to study one self in action with another person. Relationship is a process of self evaluation and self revelation. Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related.”

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