Bix Beiderbecke Quotes
One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?
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I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.
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Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed and giddy cunning.' That's how you play jazz.
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I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.
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It is an unpleasant thing to go to bed without supper, it is a still less pleasant thing not to sup and not to know where one is to sleep.
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One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?
