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“I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt that we are master musicians of our instruments. Now what we have to do is employ our skill to tell the dramatic story of our people and what we've been through.”

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Author:Max Roach

“I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.”

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Author:Pearl Bailey

“I dream of songs. I dream they fall down through the centuries, from my distant ancestors, and come to me. I dream of lullabies and sea shanties and keening cries and rhythms and stories and backbeats.”

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Book:Composed: A Memoir

Source: Composed: A Memoir

“Getting to play the part of Selena was life-changing for me, i got to immerse myself in her life, got to know her family, her home, her culture ... every part of her story. It was a special time in my life both professionally and personally. Playing her not only opened doors for me in the film world, but it inspired me to start my own music career. In a lot of ways, I wouldn't be where I am today if I hadn't had that experience.”

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Author:Jennifer Lopez

“The times you lived through, the people you shared those times with — nothing brings it all to life like an old mix tape. It does a better job of storing up memories than actual brain tissue can do. Every mix tape tells a story. Put them together, and they can add up to the story of a life.”

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Book:Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To

Source: Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To

“The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story.”

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Author:Ella Fitzgerald

“When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story.”

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Author:Hubert Laws

“Story book endings, fairytales coming true.”

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Author:Carrie Underwood

“When I write songs I write for myself...I'm writing it as a form of expression, and hoping to find an audience, an audience that responds to music that is honest and lyrical and tells stories.”

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Author:Patti Scialfa

“At this time the fashion is to bring something to jazz that I reject. They speak of freedom. But one has no right, under pretext of freeing yourself, to be illogical and incoherent by getting rid of structure and simply piling a lot of notes one on top of the other. There's no beat anymore. You can't keep time with your foot. I believe that what is happening to jazz with people like Ornette Coleman, for instance, is bad. There's a new idea that consists in destroying everything and find what's shocking and unexpected; whereas jazz must first of all tell a story that anyone can understand.”