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Find one note on the instrument that pleases you, and then find another note that also pleases you.
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I am not afraid of European influences. The point is to use them, as Ellington did, as part of my life as an American Negro.
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I've always tried to be a poet more than anything else. I mean, professional musicians die.
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If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.
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One of the things Mother said to me, 'You want this, you're going to practice.' And I know how to practice.
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When I came out of the conservatory, the first thing I did was to go see Thelonious Monk.
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