Wadada Leo Smith - I started composing when I was around 13, and back then, people used to say that ...

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I started composing when I was around 13, and back then, people used to say that I needed to be a composer or a performer, but I can't be good at both of them. I could never understand why anyone would say that. Jellyroll did both, Bessie Smith did both, and so did I.

Wadada Leo Smith

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Ich fing an zu komponieren, als ich ungefähr 13 war, und damals sagten die Leute, ich müsste Komponist oder Performer sein, aber ich kann bei beiden nicht gut sein. Ich konnte nie verstehen, warum jemand das sagen würde. Jellyroll tat beides, Bessie Smith tat beides und ich auch.

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