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Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there for a long time. A lot of them moved over there, lived over there, and died over there.


Sonny Rollins


#died #europeans #hailed #jazz #lived

I don't want to appear hostile, like I'm hostile to L.A. or that I feel that the people don't appreciate jazz. I don't think it's that. I think it's something more. It's something a little bit more complicated than that.


Sonny Rollins


#appreciate #bit #complicated #feel #hostile

I guess fortunate that I'm still around and I emphasize I guess because you never can tell what musicians would be playing had they been around as long as I have.


Sonny Rollins


#because #been #emphasize #fortunate #guess

I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz.


Sonny Rollins


#around #create #great #hear #hear people

I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on television. How about a monthly jazz show?


Sonny Rollins


#how #hundred #i #i think #jazz

I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with.


Sonny Rollins


#enough #fortunate #guys #heavyweights #i

Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition.


Sonny Rollins


#audience #decades #globe #had #i

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.


Sonny Rollins


#comfortable #comfortable life #go #jazz #life

Just like Tim Robbins is very political - and obviously, Arnold Schwarzenegger must be - I want to be able to have this public personality that's considered authoritative.


Christy Romano


#arnold #arnold schwarzenegger #authoritative #considered #i

Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they're born, and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.


Ray Romano


#born #break #deprivation #everyone #greatest






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