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“I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.”

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Xavier Cugat, born on January 1, 1900, and died on October 27, 1990, was a renowned bandleader and pianist. His musical career spanned over half a century and he was known for his unique musical style and wide audience appeal. more

“You just have to work really hard and throw everything into it. ... It's really hard to be an artist, and even if you do work really hard, there's no guarantee about anything. There's no advice you can give someone that things will somehow work out, but you can talk to people about how they can make art a big part of their life.”

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Author:Dana Schutz

“I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.”

Trying Interesting

Author:Phil Collins

“When comedy is good, it's jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It's all melody to me.”

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Author:Billy Crystal

“That's what I am, Frank thought, an ordinary genius. He had unlocked the secret of radio. The sport of the ordinary! Brillliant me like Reed Seymour couldn't figure this out for the life of them! Reed was ashamed of radio. ...radio was a cinch if you kept reaching down and grabbing up handfuls of the ordinary.”

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Author:Garrison Keillor

“The average tax payer is not a big voluntary supporter of the arts. The only art that the average taxpayer buys voluntarily either has a picture of Bart Simpson on it or little suction cups on its feet so you can stick it onto a car window.”

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Book:Dave Barry Talks Back

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“My art is for anybody, it's for people who wouldn't go into an art gallery. It's art for the people.”

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Author:Julian Beever

“Art shouldn't be locked away in galleries and libraries and books. Art should be for everybody and not just art buffs, historians and so-called experts.”

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Author:Julian Beever

“The true artists is one who insists on producing a supply, whether or not there's any demand.”

Art Artist Demand True Artists

Author:Ashleigh Brilliant

“Read the classics one hour every day, drunk or sober. Reading the classics gives one a feeling of confidence. It familiarizes one with the vagaries of life. It shows one that there are really no new plots.”

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Author:Richard Haynes

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