I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.

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Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.

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I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown.

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Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.

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The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States.

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It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.

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The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.

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The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.

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We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

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Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.

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