Roy Eldridge quotes
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“I was a young cat, and I was very fast, but I wasn't telling no kind of story.”
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“I didn't know the right names for anything at first, but I knew what knocked me out. Changes... man I dug.”
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“I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with him. I think he's jiving baby.”
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“To assume a cat's asleep is a grave mistake. He can close his eyes and keep both his ears awake.”
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“I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do.”
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“The more you are blessed with experience, the fuller and the more enriched you are in your craft.”
Source : "The Front Row: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan". Interview with Anupama Chopra, blogs.wsj.com. January 4, 2013.
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“If somebody crafts an interesting tweet that'll lead me to their blog, I'm going to their blog.”
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