Sonny Rollins

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

— Sonny Rollins

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Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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

— Sonny Rollins

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

— Sonny Rollins

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I guess fortunate that I'm still around and I emphasize I guess because you never can tell what musicians would be playing had they been around as long as I have. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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I miss playing with Miles. I did play with him a little while before he left the planet, but even at that time I longed to maybe do some things together. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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I think the problem starts with the general appreciation of the music in the larger society. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on television. How about a monthly jazz show? ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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