"I have been recording for five decades now."

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Chuck Mangione

“One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs in New York City, seems to have allowed crime figures at the time, like Luciano, Capone, Torrio and Rothstein, to organize to become more powerful, which pulled all the way through until the '70s.”
“In love, there is no distinction between success and failure. If love remains then even separation is union otherwise even union is separation.”
“Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.”
“We are not saved by feelings of sorrow over Jesus' death. We are saved when the Word of God 'pierces' our hearts (Hebrews 4:12), when we are convicted of our sins and trust Christ by faith.”
“The only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed [of major labels]. The more people involved, the slower the pace.”

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“By definition, revolutions are not linear, one step at a time, event A leading to event B, and so on. Many causes operate on each other at once. Revolutions shift into place suddenly, like the pattern in a kaleidoscope. They do not so much proceed as crystallize.”
“You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress.”
“Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly.”

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