"Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions."
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"If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!"
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"I never sing a song the same way twice."
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"I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do."
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"Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford will ever come back?'"
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"Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was."
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"I still got my Ferrari."
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"Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!"
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"When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words."
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"I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks."
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"Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope."
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"Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own."
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"If it has more than three chords, it's jazz."
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"I'm very glad to have met you. I like your playing very much."
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"It's always fun to talk about jazz."
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"There's an ecstatic side to writing. It's like jazz. It just has a life."
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"I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around some of the clubs in New YorkI felt that jazz should be presented in a more prestigious atmosphere."
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"I am the worlds laziest writer."
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"I was unfashionable before anyone knew who I was."
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"Listen to her voice, don't look at her."
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