Dexter Gordon Quotes
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A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on.
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Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.
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Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).
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What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.
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If you can't play the Blues you might as well hang it up.
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Music is a reservoir... of sounds.
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In nuclear war, all men are cremated equal.
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When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.
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Jazz is a beautiful word. I love it.
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In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.
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I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows.
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When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.
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Thelonius Monk was not exactly 'the guy next door'.
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Jazz is an octopus. It will take whatever it can use and it will work with it.
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Jazz to me is a living music.
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If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.
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To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.
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