"Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I'm happy with that."
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"I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing."
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"Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz."
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"What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music."
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"The outer space beings are my brothers. They sent me here. They already know my music."
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"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe."
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"To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's own!"
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"Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife."
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"Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going to make a very bold statement: Hip-hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations."
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"Anybody can do anything, it's up to themselves. All it takes is the right intentions."
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"You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling."
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"From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery."
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"The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it."
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"If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week."
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"There is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect."
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"If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you and I"
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"Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot."
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"I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after."
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"If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music."
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"It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do."
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