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		I'm not saying that in order to be a great jazz musician you have to be a great classical pianist first. But I am saying that it makes things easier when you can get around the instrument, and you have some idea of how to approach the various hurdles.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Diehl 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		To my surprise, I have an Emmy nomination, and I have never even been to the Emmys! So it's like I am Cinderella. But actually having thought about it, I am Cinder-elder! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randee Heller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The people I am most interested in are the ones on the edge of losing everything and falling into the last bit of despair. I'm trying to write about how people exist on that edge and how they can come back. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victor LaValle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you ask me, rockabilly has had a raw deal for far too long. People never shunned the blues or jazz the way they do rockabilly. But it's the original punk-rock, and it changed the way people looked at music for ever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ingmar Bergman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malcolm Boyd 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Murphy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orison Swett Marden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The No. 1 thing I am earnestly attracted to is intelligence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Bloom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In schools giving students a full education, not to create great artists but about the right to have full expression and imagination and creativity, along with an acknowledgement that everybody learns differently. You try and you fail and you try again. All those skills are useful in the workplace, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damian Woetzel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Peterson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In Malaysia, we have a lot of divas, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey singers. And they were all so so talented, just very talented. For example, there's this one jazz singer, her name is Sheila Majid, and I was always singing her songs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I love Italy and I say I am from Italy wherever I go. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lapo Elkann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nick Rahall 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was always moved by all of the music. As a young man, Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton, Count Basie and all these great musicians would come through our town of Memphis. There wasn't adequate hotels, so these musicians - the lady who ran the theater knew my mother, who had a large house, and many of them would stay with us. So that was another great blessing, so I'm always around these great geniuses, and to realize their humanity is such a touching thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charles Lloyd 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I got into the situation where I was extreme right. It turned out that my mother is Jewish, my grandmother is Jewish. I am Jewish. So I can't hate Jewish people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Csanad Szegedi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not saying that in order to be a great jazz musician you have to be a great classical pianist first. But I am saying that it makes things easier when you can get around the instrument, and you have some idea of how to approach the various hurdles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Diehl