By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
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Roaming through the jungle of oohs and ahs, searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.Duke Ellington
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.
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