Nicholas Payton quotes
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“[Louis Armstrong is] the father of us all, regardless of style or how modern we get. His influence is inescapable. Some of the things he was doing in the 20's and 30's, people still haven't dealt with.”
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“Don't go in and out of meditative spaces - stay there with that awareness, always. Everything in life is meditative.”
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“Okay, you can stay at home and Spotify, or YouTube, or you can get off your ***** and come listen to what real musicians making real music sound like. And, hey, it doesn't have to be me, but if I'm in town, then yeah, you should definitely check me out.”
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“Tis better to hit an air ball, than to force a note that don't wanna come out.”
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“Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.”
Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “The Angry Island: Hunting the English”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
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Source : Source: www.realstylenetwork.com
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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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