"The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it won't succeed even if one of the musicians takes control."

-- Bill Dixon

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“Today, I attended a friend's birthday party dressed as a ninja. I soon discovered that ninjas are very misunderstood.”
“There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world even though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for humankind.”
“God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with.”
“Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.”
“It comes down to that ... business tactic: the guy that yells loudest is right.”
“Because America is such a big country, I can understand that if you don't travel you don't really understand what is going on. I get it. I tell myself I know all about America, but I don't; I know L.A. and New York.”
“A lot of leading countries in the world, including the United States and Russia, have to take their responsibilities much more seriously to ensure we are back on the road to peace and stability.”
“If you don't hit the target, you're never gonna score”

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