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So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra, and in working on the material I discovered it was possible to incorporate the Buddhist teachings into the music, so that's what I started to do. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

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Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

#anything #consider #i #jazz #legend

A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#blake #book #certainly #first #his

I love rehearsing because in rehearsals there are no mistakes, nothing is wrong, some things apply or lead you to focus on the character and the things that don't apply are equally valuable because they lead you to towards what does. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#because #character #does #equally #focus

I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given me a scholarship, the Louis B Mayer fellowship and they made a mistake. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#commerce #friendship #honest #nations #none

I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

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I think of poets as outlaw visionaries in a way. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

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