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I made some nice associations. Ben Perowsky and Kevin Hays... Bill Mobley and Pete McGuinness. A lot of talented people.

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Jon Gordon
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
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There were some things I was going and doing in Europe a little bit. Some festivals that brought me over. That was good. Some touring I did over there. But there was nothing major [from 22 to 29].
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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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You fuel your life with trust and love instead of fear and doubt.
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Instead of being disappointed about where you are, be optimistic about where you are going.
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Don't waste your energy on those who don't get on your bus.
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I was finishing up at High School of Performing Arts and finally, by the end of junior year and start of senior year, made some progress as a 16 year-old classical saxophone player. But not really... not like how the legit cats do. But I love the [Jacques] Ibert, love [Alexander] Glazunov, love the [Paul] Creston.
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If you go with that spirit, good things will come for you. If you go into it with an assumption that you're a genius and that you're entitled to something, it's a little tougher.
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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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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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It's a complicated story [hoe I got into music ]. I actually wrote a book about it, titled For Sue.
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[Manhattan School Of Music] didn't' have a jazz undergraduate program at the time so I played a semester in the big band. There was a graduate program. But I wasn't really that involved in jazz yet.
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Only through service and sacrifice can you become great.
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I'm reaching a certain level [at school] that I had been aspiring to with all these incredibly advanced classical peers around me that I had been trying to be able to hang with them a little bit.
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You can’t be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.
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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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Connection to the music and the history was very powerful to me. I think that's what I feel the most blessed about.
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You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player
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Remember, you have only one ride through life so give it all you got and enjoy the ride.
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I think that's important to remember - That we're blessed to even be able to attempt to do this [music].
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Letting people share their gifts and strengths is real love.
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