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“Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics.”
Source : Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns (2000). “Jazz: a history of America's music”, Knopf
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“The true Way is sublime. It can't be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can't read a word.”
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“This solo piano exploration (Beyond The Sky) by Rob Schwimmer is full of passion and love...his execution and ideas flow with a beautiful sense of freedom that captures you from his first phrase to the last.”
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“I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.”
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“I havent really eaten breakfast since high school.”
Source : Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. August 15, 2012.
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“The difficulties of life do not keep you from greatness. They show you to its door.”
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“I am my own person. What I'm doing, I'm happy with it. I'm doing what I want to.”
Source : "Bo Jackson Arrives, Sees a More Positive Attitude". Interview with Mark Heisler, articles.latimes.com. October 13, 1989.
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“Eat only when you are hungry. Drink only when you're thirsty. Sleep only when you're tired. Screw only when you're horny.”
Source : Al Neuharth (1992). “Confessions of an S.O.B.”, Signet