Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.
Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.
Even in music concerts in Mumbai and different parts of the world, seats are reserved for sponsors.
Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out.
I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.
I have a few homes, and Los Angeles is certainly one of them.
I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.
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Put him in there and chain him up," he ordered curtly. "Yes, that chain, you fool - do you see any other chain in that cell? Peaceable Sherwood? I'm tired of hearing about Peaceable Sherwood! Turn him loose in the cell for the night. - Which one of y...
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We can only lose what we have first claimed.
A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness.
I think we were all frustrated with our daily routine.
Its never the miles of traveling that counts,its what you have done along the way
I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.
