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I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.

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If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.

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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.

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Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.

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I am the worlds laziest writer.

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I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.

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I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.

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I have no one style.

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I play as I feel.

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It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: August 15th, 1925

Died: December 23rd, 2007

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