"In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about."

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David Amram

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“Organized religion is sane and not silly when read as myth and poetry rather than science and law. Religion speaks nonsense when taken literally, but reveals some of the deepest truths of humankind when understood mythically, poetically, and even allegorically-that is when it is read with an active and creative imagination.”
“Benjamin Franklin went through life an altered man because he once paid too dearly for a penny whistle. My concern springs usually from a deeper source, to wit, from having bought a whistle when I did not want one.”
“I love because there is not enough room in my heart to hate.”
“No matter what you do, you can act your heart out, but people will always say, Oh, Julie Adams - Creature from the Black Lagoon.”
“Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.”
“Allow the artist to finish the piece of work before you critique it.”
“I'm for legalizing marijuana. Why pick on those drugs? Valium is legal. You just go to a doctor and get it and overdose on it - what's the difference? Prozac, all that stuff, so why not marijuana? Who cares? It's something that grows out of the ground - why not? Go smoke a head of cabbage. I don't care what you smoke.”
“I have a thick skin, which comes from being a not-really-skinny, dark-skinned Indian woman. I haven't fit in every place, and so I'm kind of used to resistance.”

Source : "The Funny Side of Love". Interview with Emma Rosenblum, nymag.com. September 19, 2010.

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