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Famous Sonny Rollins Quotes
“I am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something musically valid.”
“America is deeply rooted in Negro culture: its colloquialisms; its humor; its music.”
“I am interested in my music lasting only while I'm alive. I'm not writing for the future.”
“I feel that I have an obligation to jazz and also to myself to play as good as I can play.”
“I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.”
“Jazz is the type of music that can absorb so many things and still be jazz.”
“Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life.”
“Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own.”
“Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.”
“I think the problem starts with the general appreciation of the music in the larger society.”
“But if I didn't have to make money, I would still play my horn.”