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The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard. ”
I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time. ”
I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time. ”
I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money. A lot of older jazz guys looked out for me and found me gigs and places to stay. ”
Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence. ”
I've been working in the music industry since I was 15 years old, and I feel like I've always been ahead of my time. ”
Because I now realize, after all this time, I have never truly felt worthy of all that I have been given. ”
I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me. ”
I used to only worry about the #1's and all of the awards. But that was a long time ago. ”
I don't like the term 'dinner as theater,' because that implies something thespian that I don't want to tie into this, but there are plenty of times that people go out to dinner because they want to have an experience. There are, however, probably many more times that people go out to eat because it's 7 o'clock and it's time to eat. ”