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“Jazz is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.”

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Duke Ellington was an outstanding American composer and pianist, renowned for his unique jazz style and rich musical compositions. His musical career spanned half a century and had a profound impact on the development of jazz. more

“I’m proud of you, son,” he said. “I guess it has finally sunk in that it’s important to stand up for yourself in this world.” Rocky shook his head. “It’s more important to stand up for someone who can’t stand up for herself,” he had answered. Rocky Ryan speaking with his father.”

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Book:Bully at Ambush Corner

Source: Bully at Ambush Corner

“Music is everything and nothing. It is useless and no limit can be set on its use. Music takes me to places of illimitable sensual and insensate joy, accessing points of ecstasy that no angelic lover could ever locate, or plunging me into gibbering weeping hells of pain that no torturer could devise. Music makes me write this sort of maundering adolescent nonsense without embarrassment. Music is in fact the dog's bollocks. Nothing else comes close.”

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“One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards will be at one's throat all the sooner.”

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Book:Cloud Atlas

Source: Cloud Atlas

“My mind is killing me” — The Glass Child, Stuck In My Mind”

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“Life is a chain of choices. Making the correct one is never easy.” “That’s for sure,” agreed Rocky. “But if we didn’t make difficult choices, right or wrong,” said Mr. Veraldi, “we wouldn’t learn anything worth knowing." Rocky Ryan and his viola teacher, Mr. Veraldi, in Bully at Ambush Corner.”

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Book:Bully at Ambush Corner

Source: Bully at Ambush Corner

“Tell someone they matter, and you might spark their courage to keep moving forward.”

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Book:The Light in the Heart

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“So stark ist der Zauber der Musik und, immer mächtiger werdend, musste er jede Fessel einer andern Kunst zerreißen." (Beethovens Instrumentalmusik)”

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Book:E T A Hoffmann's Musical Writings

Source: E T A Hoffmann's Musical Writings

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