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I have been going to Italy since 1980, but I always went to do work. I did not live overseas, because I do not like running around with everything I own in a paper bag. ↗

— Bill Dixon

#around #bag #because #been #did

If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I'm interested in doing. ↗

— Bill Dixon

#doing #get #had #i #interested

Interested listeners have only to hear the recording to find out if those guys, who go to such pains to undervalue my work, are right. All people have to do is listen to realize it is a beautiful record. ↗

— Bill Dixon

#find #go #guys #hear #interested

The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#had #painful #people #poland #reforms

All drugs of any interest to any moderately intelligent person in America are now illegal ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#intelligence

My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#championships #father #fun #gave #good

It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#depicting #effort #west

Most of my recorded material has been in small group configurations. I have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn't been within the realm of possibility. ↗

— Bill Dixon

#been #group #hasn #i #large

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#because #bit #could #for the people #i

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. ↗

— Bill Dixon

#art #attention #because #been #compromise