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Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing. ↗

— Lee Ritenour

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Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty. ↗

— Max Roach

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The way we're going about things and what we want to do, we feel it has to be a really pure essence of music. That's where you get the most out of it. ↗

— Chris Robinson

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I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

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I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music. ↗

— Jai Rodriguez

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I've always said music should make you laugh, make you cry or make you think. ↗

— Kenny Rogers

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Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm. ↗

— Kenny Rogers

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I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicians have been treated and are treated, and the fact that the music has not been given the kind of due that it deserves. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play in sort of these inferior type dives. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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The only dreams that matter are the ones you have when you're awake. ↗

— John O'Callaghan

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