If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
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Noting that the school is very close to my home, ... because I like their platform educationally speaking. They have some very good intentions musically and I'm very interested in that.Oscar Peterson
I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.
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Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.
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I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
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I have no one style.
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I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.
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