Ray Conniff quotes
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“I tell my friends about my conversations with my father - conversations with an artist.”
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“When I started out, all I did was play my trombone.”
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“I sat in at every club in New York City, jamming with musicians, because it felt right - and because it felt right and we were having fun - the people dancing and sipping their drinks in the clubs felt it too and it made them smile.”
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“I went to the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street and Broadway which was where they were playing, and I sat in.”
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“Don't make art for other artists or for 'intellectuals', make art for people - and if you can touch just one person in a lifetime and make a difference - you have succeeded.”
-- Ray Conniff
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Source : Michael A. Stackpole, Aaron Allston (2016). “The X-Wing Series: Star Wars Legends 10-Book Bundle: Rogue Squadron, Wedge's Gamble, The Krytos Trap, The Bacta War, Wraith Squadron ,Iron Fist, Solo Command, Isard's Revenge, Starfighters of Adumar, Mercy Kill”, p.1629, Del Rey
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Source : "Boy of Age: Aaron Johnson". Interview, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 6, 2010.
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“Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas.”
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“Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only.”
Source : Amos Bronson Alcott (1872). “Concord Days”, p.76
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“I feel very open with people, and I'm good at disarming them and having conversations.”
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