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Jazz Musician Inspirational Quotes (6955)

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A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.
Clint Eastwood
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Love is stealthy hiding under ribs.
Veda Hille
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Sound has no parents.
Ornette Coleman
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I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.
Derek Bailey
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Talk about handicap - I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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To me, it's our job as artists. You must bring joy.
Bobby McFerrin
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I'm not the master of the sax, George Garzone is.
Michael Brecker
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Every individual should be expressing themselves, whether a politician or a minister or a policeman.
Dave Brubeck
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Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of Bach and Beethoven are subsidized.
Jimmy Heath
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Footballers are going on strike? When can they start?
Ann Burton
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I'm my own most merciless critic onstage.
Keith Jarrett
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I can't speak to being a force for change, but I take it and wear it proudly. I'll never deny it or be one of those people who are like, I'm just trying to do my best... No! I'm all about total world domination.
Measha Brueggergosman
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Be who you are. Find your own voice. Lead from the heart
Dave Carpenter
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I've always had a theory that whenever guys and gals start swinging, they begin to lose interest in conquering the world. They just want a comfortable pad and stereo and wheels, and their thoughts turn to the good things of life - not to war. They loosen up, they live and they're more apt to let live.
Frank Sinatra
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The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.
Dudley Moore
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So, you play today! You don't worry about what's gone, 'cause that's already gone and you can't bring what's gone back. It doesn't happen that way. So, every day's a new day and just play it as it comes. And I turned out to be a singer that was not on dope.
Anita O'Day
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Just get up there and let it rip!
Anita O'Day
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As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.
Anita Baker
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I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.
Anita Baker
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It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn't come.
Anita Baker
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Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do.
Anita Baker
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Most artists are notoriously insecure, and I fall into that category.
Anita Baker
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I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.
Anita Baker
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If you have your own agenda and your own style and you don't easily conform to what the masses are doing, you're looked upon as being difficult. Whereas, I think of it as just being an individual.
Anita Baker
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