"Going to Morocco was massive; that's where I really found music which had the African syncopation and swing mixed with Arabic strains, and together they had this transporting, bittersweet quality."
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"I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff."
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"We gotta do something about this frigging swing set,' he said. 'I'm telling you, it's ninety percent of the problem."
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"Shoulder-to-shoulder, swing to the work, we must - just two as we are - if we hope to make some headway. The worst cowards, banded together, have their power, but you and I have got the skill to fight their best."
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