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Jazz Musician Inspirational Quotes (6947)

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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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I dont think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.
Anita Baker
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If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.
Anita Baker
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I'm in love, sweet love. Feel me calling out your name, I feel no shame.
Anita Baker
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Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, but learn to love what you have.
Anita Baker
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Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.
Anita Baker
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You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.
Anita Baker
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Perfect retention. I dont think I could do that-Ive never disciplined myself to do it.I suppose a lot of it is a question of discipline. Which improvisation is not.
George Shearing
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I love my wife and I know she loves me. We're best friends. We're just lucky to have found each other. It takes a lot of work but I just feel very blessed that I found the right person. It's a very fortunate situation and not everyone has that.
Harry Connick, Jr.
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