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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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Jon Gordon
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
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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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Remember, you have only one ride through life so give it all you got and enjoy the ride.
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Love the process and you’ll love what the process produces.
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Don't waste your energy on those who don't get on your bus.
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Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.
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[Phil Wood] knew about wine. He knew about food. He knew about art. He knew about classical music. He was interested in things.
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All we can do is go about our work. But we can have a goal. We can have a dream.
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Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow.
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I was really falling in love with jazz and dedicating myself in that direction.
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I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to get called for bad wedding gigs and I did do an off-Broadway show for about 15 months.
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I was studying with Joe Allard, which was great, as a saxophone student. Being able to study with Joe Allard was an incredible experience.
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You do [jazz] because you love it and hope many some others may as well. You do this because you need it.
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Larry [ Laurenzano] said to me one day near the end of junior high, Jon, are you Jewish? I said, No. And he said, Well neither am I. I'm not sure of Caesar DiMauro, but he teaches at the JCC and I got you a scholarship there.
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[Manhattan School Of Music] were kind of just getting the jazz program up and going when I first started there. I was 17 in September of 1984 when I started there.
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