"What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?"

-- Abraham Verghese

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“I met the pianist Barry Harris when I was about fifteen. He would show me changes, which I had no idea existed. I knew about scales, but I didn't think about chords. I was fortunate in that he lived right around the corner so I'd be at his house almost every day and he showed me about playing melodies over chords. After about three years, I could play some gigs. I worked with drummer Roy Brooks and other guys my age at that time, like trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer. Some of the older guys were Paul Chambers, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes”
“See things from the boy's point of view.”
“In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums.”
“I've never had a five-year plan or a three-year plan, or whatever, ... We had an idea philosophically of what we were going to do and how we were going to do it.”
“(About importance of focusing on one sport at a time) I've never tried to do that, we have more of a holistic approach. We want to become better decathletes and better competitors. I think for us that means just toeing the line at whatever it is we're doing that day and being confident in preparing as best as we can. Later in the year, late in the season when we have all of the thousands of reps under our belt, we can try to maybe focus on one or two things and leave some stuff off one week. Really, we like to keep everything inside the routine and part of the process.”
“Comfort is perennially important. Dance clothes are so comfortable and I try to find that in regular clothing as welling.”
“I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.”
“The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

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