Playing in public engenders new paths in your brain that you won't get playing alone. In other words, I can learn something playing in public in five seconds. If I was learning it in private, it might take me three months to get. Sonny Rollins
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![That's a pretty tall order, ... I don't want to sound too grandiose or that I can represent jazz [in its entirety]. But as one of few remaining people from that period [the heyday of bebop during the '40s and '50s], I want to represent myself and the kind of musicians from that period, so that people who are new to the music can say, 'These people were good; they aren't just a bunch of old moldy figs.' - Sonny Rollins Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBTb25ueSBSb2xsaW5zICAgIA==&num=11 "That's a pretty tall order, ... I don't want to sound too grandiose or that I can represent jazz [in its entirety]. But as one of few remaining people from that period [the heyday of bebop during the '40s and '50s], I want to represent myself and the kind of musicians from that period, so that people who are new to the music can say, 'These people were good; they aren't just a bunch of old moldy figs.' - Sonny Rollins Quotes")
