Bix Beiderbecke Quotes
Jazz is musical humor. The noun jazz describes a modern American technique for the playing of any music, accompanied by noise called harmony, and interpolated instrumental effects. It also describes music exhibiting influence of that technique which has as its traditional object to secure the effects of surprise, or in the broadest sense, humor.
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I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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I love gardening, and I love cooking. I love things like that. I love creating things.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.
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There are very few great poets in the world.
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There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'
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Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.
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All the artists out there, I ask you and beg you: Take over your ship. It's your career. It's your life.
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People in Israel are sick and tired of the old politics.
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I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.
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I always think the second worst thing in the world is to go on stage at night, and the first worst thing in the world is sitting at home at night. For me, it's scarier to not be doing it than doing it.
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We can make this country the garden of Eden.
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My father had no influence on my political beliefs, and to imply otherwise is wrong and irresponsible.
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I'm sort of a gay man trapped in a woman's body when it comes to music sometimes - it's crowded in here!
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Jazz is musical humor. The noun jazz describes a modern American technique for the playing of any music, accompanied by noise called harmony, and interpolated instrumental effects. It also describes music exhibiting influence of that technique which has as its traditional object to secure the effects of surprise, or in the broadest sense, humor.
