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Don't Bullshit' Just Play.

Thank The Good Lord For A Job.

I Play Piano And Drums Very Poorly And French Horn And Tuba All Equally As Bad.

But You Listen To Coltrane And That's Something Human, Something That's About Elevation. It's Like Making Love To A Woman. It's About Something Of Value, It's Not Just Loud. It Doesn't Have That Violent Connotation To It. I Wanted To Be A Jazz Musician So Bad, But I Really Couldn't. There Was No Way I Could Figure Out To Learn How To Play.

We Always Hear About The Rights Of Democracy, But The Major Responsibility Of It Is Participation.