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It's a complicated story [hoe I got into music ]. I actually wrote a book about it, titled For Sue.

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Jon Gordon
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
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Negative people often tend to create negative cultures whereas positive corporate cultures are created by positive people.
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Phil [Wood] was very passionate. Very committed. He felt very blessed that the people that cared about him and took him aside... if he was out of line or drinking too much, being too surly.
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I was commuting three to four hours a day, I had jobs for much of it. But I was always involved in going to some ensemble someplace. Taking my lessons at the local Jewish community center on Staten Island.
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When you believe, the impossible becomes possible. What you believe will become what is true. Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow. Don’t look at your challenges look up and look out into the future. Don’t focus on your circumstances. Focus on the right beliefs that will help you build your success.
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You hear about the struggles with substances and all that, but [Phil Wood] was a really a great guy. This was a great man.
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Negative thoughts are the nails that build a prison of failure.
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Sometimes you think Okay, well I'm going to play my horn, and I'm going to study Charlie Bird Parker solos or [John Coltrain] or whatever. But as [Phil Wood] said to me, Man, Bird listened to everything.
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I had pestered [Phil Wood] for a long time. He finally agreed to do it. And I was excited and nervous and he couldn't have been nicer or more supportive from the minute I got to his house.
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Joe Henderson with Ron Carter and Al Foster at the Vanguard was just wow. And the energy of the three of them.
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I never really had a classical saxophone set-up. I just had a middle of the road set up.
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Bob [Gordon] died young tragically.
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Earlier that year [1996], Ronnie Scott came to Visiones when I was playing with Maria and he hired me to come and play in his club in London, which I was gratified by. That allowed me to make some more connections.
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I took some comp for non-comp major classes with Giacomo Bracali and Ludmila Ulela, who was a really famous composition teacher.
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Phil [Wood] said to me in the car going back, he said, Look man, you better know why you're playing this music. Because I've known too many who lived and died for it. And if you're not trying to change the world, I'm not interested.
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Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow.
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Anyone who attempts to build great things will face challenges.
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I was also sitting in from the middle of senior year of high school at Sweet Basil, it was a great club in New York.
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Letting people share their gifts and strengths is real love.
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Love is the answer for the team's success.
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No challenge can stop you if you have the courage to keep moving forward in the face of your greatest fears and biggest challenges. Be courageous.
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