"My short answer would be that there is no greatest jazz musician of the century. Jazz, like any valid art form, finds its greatness in its expression of the human spirit, and, to me, this canâ€™t be reduced to a contest."

-- Bennie Wallace

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“There is nothing more terrorizing than the possibility that nothing is hidden. There is nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage”
“Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.”

Source : William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”
“My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha and the Vandellas. Ah, the fond memories of being 14.”
“I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?”

Source : "Former NFL quarterback Warren Moon helping students give back to the community". Interview with Andrea Domanick, lasvegassun.com. June 23, 2012.
“The RNC has made a concerted effort to work with their allies with a real focus on what we can do to equip candidates with the resources to win in 2014 and beyond. There isn't a week that goes by that I don't see someone from the RNC at our weekly coalition meeting. Keep up the good work.”
“The British are the only people in history crass enough to have made revolutionaries out of Americans.”

Source : "The Great Indian Novel". Book by Shashi Tharoor, August 24, 1989.
“Technology is an incredible tool - it connects people to each other, creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans.”
“Many of my poems are not sexual.”

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