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  • Whatever I do today is the whole continuum of my experience. Like John Dewey said in his book ‘Art as Experience,’ you can’t separate experience from the work of art. So, if I write for the symphony today, you’re listening to everything that’s happened to me since I was 18 years old.

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    Art   Book   Writing  
    Yusef Lateef, Herb Boyd (2006). “The Gentle Giant: The Autobiography of Yusef Lateef”, p.176, morton books, inc

  • The fact is ones own voice is not heard anywhere else. Its a challenge to be yourself. It takes a lot of courage.

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    Being Yourself   Voice   Challenges  

  • I started in high school with a teacher there. I also took lessons at the Conservatory of Music in Detroit. Detroit was very motivating. There were a lot of local people who inspired me like Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Roy Brooks, Donald Byrd, etc.

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    Teacher   School   People  

  • External instruments are only extensions of the biological instrument.

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    Music   Jazz   Instruments  

  • Each culture has some knowledge. That's why I studied with Saj Dev, an Indian flute player. That's why I studied Stockhausen's music. The pygmies' music of the rain forest is very rich music. So the knowledge is out there. And I also believe one should seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. With that kind of inquisitiveness, one discovers things that were unknown before.

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    Rain   Believe   Player  

  • When the soul looks out of its body, it should see only beauty in its path. These are the sights we must hold in mind, in order to move to a higher place.

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    Moving   Sight   Order  

  • Loveless moments are to be avoided.

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    Moments   Loveless   Avoided  

  • I started to study the flute in 1951. The flute has been utilized by African-American musicians as far back as the early Twenties. If you take a look at some of the old pictures of Chick Webb, then you will see the flute right there on the bandstand among the woodwinds.

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    African American   Flutes   Musician  
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Yusef Lateef

  • Born: October 9, 1920
  • Died: December 23, 2013
  • Occupation: Multi-instrumentalist
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