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The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
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Music
Time
Play
Right
Value
The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.
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Jazz
Spirit
The music becomes something that is its own entity.
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Music
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
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Wisdom
Ability
Machines
The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.
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Music
Value
When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.
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Time
Thought
When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.
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Life
Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
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Wisdom
Purpose
Future
Meaning
While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.
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Knowledge
Force
Future
May
We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.
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Environment
You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.
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Practice
You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.
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Wisdom
Knowledge
Practice
You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.
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Life
It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.
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Jazz
Spirit
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.
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Buddhism