"I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes."

-- Mose Allison

#Jobs Quotes #Night Quotes #Play Quotes

“They don't think it be like it is, but it do.”
“Writers are funny about reviews: when they get a good one they ignore it-- but when they get a bad review they never forget it. Every writer I know is the same way: you get a hundred good reviews, and one bad, andyou remember only the bad. For years, you go on and fantasize about the reviewer who didn't like your book; you imagine him as a jerk, a wife-beater, a real ogre. And, in the meantime, the reviewer has forgotten all about the whole thing. But, twenty years later, the writer still remembers that one bad review.”
“They say kids today don't know the value of a dollar. They certainly do know the value of a dollar. That's why they ask for five.”
“Every state in America has an end of life directive or durable power of attorney provision. For the peace of mind of your children and your spouse as well as the comfort of knowing the government won't make these decisions, it's a very popular thing. Just not everybody's aware of it.”
“Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.”

Source : Lisa See (2012). “Dreams of Joy”, p.95, A&C Black
“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.”

Source : Aaron Copland (1959). “The pleasures of music”
“Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money then all hell breaks loose. In communities like LA and New York they are using a lot of the youth for a test sight.”
“An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.”

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