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I'm not afraid of you being yourself. That's America.

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Musicians like to converse. There's always interesting conversation with musicians - with classical musicians, with jazz musicians, musicians in general.

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Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.

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Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you 'sell' only to people of a certain age, you get cut off from the main body of experience.

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There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing.

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I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.

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There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you just follow someone that's preaching. There's lots of different emotions and moods that a service requires.

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The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.

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I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time.

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Thank the good Lord for a job.

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There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising.

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I grew up in the South, in New Orleans, where guys torture you all the time. So I didn't really grow up on the self-esteem campaign. When you were lousy at something, they told you you were lousy, and they told you how to fix it.

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There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.

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Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.

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I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy.

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There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs.

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Generally, when I wake up in the morning I set out a series of problems for myself and I write them down, and when I'm sleeping, my mind solves the problems. When I wake up in the morning, I have more clarity on the issue.

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When I first came to New York everybody on the scene would treat me like I could play, but I couldn't.

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I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.

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I generally work right up to when I have to do something - I'm always doing a lot.

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I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review.

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My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged us to study and enjoy many different types of music.

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Ethics are more important than laws.

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When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.

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The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.

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I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for my opinions to join all the other opinions. But you have to be prepared for what comes back, especially if you don't agree with the dominant mythology.

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The best way to be, is to do.

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I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money. A lot of older jazz guys looked out for me and found me gigs and places to stay.

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