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Jazz Is The Language Of The Emotions.

My Son's A Painter. All Through School His Teachers Tell Him He's A Genius. I Tell Him To Paint Me An Apple That Looks Like An Apple Before He Paints Me One That Doesn't. Go Where You Can Go, But Start From Someplace Recognizable.

Making The Simple Complicated Is Commonplace; Making The Complicated Simple, Awesomely Simple, That's Creativity.

What Do You Think Happens To A Composer Who Is Sincere And Loves To Write And Has To Wait Thirty Years To Have Someone Play A Piece Of His Music?

They're Singing Your Praises While Stealing Your Phrases.