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A man is a god in ruins.  
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.  
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be d...  
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't...  
Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, ...  
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too yo...  
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.  
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.  
It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.  
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.  
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.  
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on m...  
Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.  
Roaming through the jungle of "oohs" and "ahs," searching for a more a...  
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.  
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there whe...  
You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.