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Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape. ↗

— Gary Burton

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Many times it happens we live our life in chains and we never even know we have the key. ↗

— The Eagles

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Think it a vile habit to alter works of good composers, to omit parts of them, or to insert new-fashioned ornaments. This is the greatest insult you can offer to Art. ↗

— Robert Schumann

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I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players. ↗

— David Bowie

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I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff. ↗

— David Byrne

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The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it won't succeed even if one of the musicians takes control. ↗

— Bill Dixon

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The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

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Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

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I don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each. ↗

— Les Baxter

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When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30. ↗

— Les Baxter

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