Quotes by Sonny Rollins

I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music...

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I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can...

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I guess fortunate that I'm still around and I emphasize I guess because you never...

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I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after...

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I don't want to appear hostile, like I'm hostile to L.A. or that I feel...

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I am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something...

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Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes...

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Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot...

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But if I didn't have to make money, I would still play my horn.

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You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard...

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What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to...

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What I am more concerned about is whether our whole civilization will be around in...

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