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“I used so much hairspray that I feel personally responsible for global warming!”

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Dusty Springfield, born EILEEN ADRIENNE SPENCER, was an English singer and songwriter. Known for her distinctive voice and diverse musical styles, she was one of the most popular singers of the 1960s and 1970s. Springfield's music career spanned genres including pop, soul, blues, and rock, with hit songs like 'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me', 'I Only Want to Be with You', and 'Son of a Preacher Man'. more

“As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process in sound. Jazz means working things out musically with other people. You have to listen to other musicians and play with them even if you don't agree with what they're playing. It teaches you the very opposite of racism and anti-Semitism. It teaches you that the world is big enough to accommodate us all.”

“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.”

Men Book Mother Father Half Talking Slave Educated Grown Man

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of traditional African drumming, and all of the dance styles that went with this music could be heard and seen throughout the city. When all of these kinds of music blended into one, jazz was born.”

“Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.”

Music Is Jazz Armstrong

Author:Wynton Marsalis

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