Sonny Rollins

It's all about creation and surprise. It just needs to be appreciated and watered like flowers. You have to water flowers. These peaks will come again. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#comfortable #comfortable life #go #jazz #life

My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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What I am more concerned about is whether our whole civilization will be around in the next 25 years. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play in sort of these inferior type dives. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

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