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Music washes away the dust of every day life.

~Art Blakey

Topics: Away Day Dust Every Every Day Life Music

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What ever truth drops on it eventually grinds to a powder.

~Art Blakey

Topics: Drops Eventually Ever Powder Truth

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You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in church.

~Art Blakey

Topics: Because Blues Church Come Jazz Keep Learned Modern Rhythm Rock Started Where You

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Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.

~Art Blakey

Topics: Africa America American Art Art Form Connect Countries Damn Damn Thing Form Instance Jazz Known Musical Other Other Countries Over People Seen Thing Try World

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Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life.

~Art Blakey

Topics: Away Dust Everyday Everyday Life Life Music Supposed Wash

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A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.

~Art Blakey

Topics: Differentiate Just Make Music Name Other Types

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 11th, 1919

Died: October 16th, 1990

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