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When I was a kid, I always saw these pictures of a man called Bob Gordon with a baritone saxophone, who I understood was my father. Turns out he wasn't. He was my mother's first husband.
Jon Gordon
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Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
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I didn't always have time to practice as much as I wanted to do, that was a real problem for me in high school and college.
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The goal is not to be better than anyone else but rather be better than you were yesterday.
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Negative thoughts are the nails that build a prison of failure.
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I just lucked into a lot of good people man. In my life and through friends, and in the music, that really embraced me and took care of me. I'm a lucky guy.
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