Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that word means to most people ultimate death - I decided to see what I could do to take that negative and use it in a positive way.

Herbie Mann's Popular Quotes

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…

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As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom defined improvising on the tenor…

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I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.

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To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

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The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine. If your head is not in the right place and you don't think positively, all t…

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Music allows the great opportunity to play with people you love.

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Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

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If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial.

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For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would …

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