Cognoscere

Possessor of the most beautiful tone ever heard in jazz, altoist Johnny Hodges formed his style early on and had little reason to change it through the decades.

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—	Scott Yanow

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Jazz is… An open-ended music designed for open minds.

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Anonymous

I am not a politician..I only suffer the consequences

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—	Peter Tosh

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I’d rather be a dead Graham Parsons than a live Garth Brooks

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Anonymous

The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth.

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—	Joey Ramone

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Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.

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—	Art Blakey

A rock musician plays three chords to thousands of people and a jazz musician plays thousands of chords to three people.

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—	Chrissy Hynde

As far as I’m concerned, I think Coleman Hawkins was the President first, right? As far as myself, I think I’m the second one.

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—	Miles Davis

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Take refuge in pleasure just give me your future…forget your past.

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—	Bryan Ferry

And I used to go the punk clubs such as a gay club in Poland Street that everyone would go to because it was the only place you could go to looking like that without getting beaten senseless.

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—	Gary Numan