Gerry Mulligan Quotes
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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The art of love is who you share it with.
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My goal is to get outs as soon as I can. Strikeouts aren't that big a deal to me.
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Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
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Cricket is not like a government job where retirement age is fixed at A cricketer can retire at 30 or 60; it's up to the player.
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All such action would cease if those powerful elemental forces were to cease stirring within us.
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With sturdy shoulders, space stands opposing all its weight to nothingness. Where space is, there is being.
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Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.
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Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?
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Theirs is the present who can praise the past.
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To negotiate is not to do as one likes.
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When you start becoming really successful, the demons start to tempt you - the demons of vanity and self importance, drug abuse, the feelings of fraudulence. But, it's also a thrill. That's what I found weird.
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It's always music first, or melody and words together, but never words first.
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Music allows a person to express their deepest thoughts, thoughts that cannot be expressed with just words. I am often asked how I begin a song or develop a melody from nothing. That is the spiritual aspect of creating. Finding something deep within yourself that can only be created by you.
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Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.
