Dizzy Gillespie

"I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange."

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"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds."

"It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play."

"Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that."

"How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like Miles, and just haven't got the guts."

"I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition."

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