"We must be as pure as our music."

-- Albert Ayler

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“The actual fund is called "THE JIMMY FUND" and THE REDSOX FOUNDATION IN BOSTON has gotten involved and people all over New England are very supportive of this effort. The Jimmy Fund is an official charity of the Boston Red Sox and my song "Down at Fenway Park" is often played at Fenway and if you buy the C.D. a portion of the proceeds go to the Jimmy Fund via the Red Sox Foundation.”
“As a democratic Socialist profoundly committed to the rule of law, I could not condone, let alone encourage, defiance of the law.”

Source : Speech in the House of Commons, November 6, 1974.
“The fear of criticism is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the planning and action stage.”
“Music is like a lover that I can't commit to, but I seem to always find myself in bed with.”
“No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart.”
“What to do, when a ship carrying a hundred passengers suddenly capsizes and there is only one lifeboat? When the lifeboat is full, those who hate life will try to load it with more people and sink the lot. Those who love and respect life will take the ship's axe and sever the extra hands that cling to the sides.”
“To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.”
“There isn't a color that I dislike. I think that every color has its own charm.”

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