My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.
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I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.Herbie Mann
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I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.
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One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.
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Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.
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When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything I've done so far is not as important as what I'm going to do now.
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