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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Bill Dixon
Free jazz trumpeter -- via jazzwise magazine
Quotes:
"If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations -- something that I imagine could be troublesome."
"My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do. I knew I was not going to be controlled. I knew there was a price for this, but I did not know there was as large a price as it turned out to be."
"Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living."
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