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. . Ben Pinchot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons . “I believe it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.” . -H. L. Mencken . . Listen … Continue reading “Memorable Quote: H.L. Mencken…”
...November 6th, 2024
. . photo via Pixabay . “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” . -Martin Luther King . . ___ . . Listen to the 1963 recording of Oscar Peterson performing “Hymn to Freedom,” with Ray Brown (bass) and Ed Thigpen (drums). [Universal … Continue reading “Memorable Quote:…Martin Luther King”
...November 4th, 2024
“If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor…”
...September 2nd, 2024
“America will never be destroyed from the outside…”
...July 3rd, 2024
“Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his…”
...January 15th, 2024
“…The rhapsody, as you see, began as a purpose, not a plan.. I tried to conceive the composition as a whole…”
...October 4th, 2023
“Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an…”
...September 4th, 2023
“I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is…”
...August 12th, 2023
“Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom… In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and independence through which, eventually, jazz was evolved…”
...July 20th, 2023
Some of you young folks been saying to me, “Hey Pops, what you mean ‘What a wonderful world’? How about all them wars all over the place? You call them wonderful?
...July 4th, 2023
“Making music is like a form of religion for me, because it soothes your heart and increases the pleasure of your brain. Most of all, it’s very enjoyable to express something that you can only hear and not see, which is not bad.”
– Ornette Coleman
1930 – 2015
...June 11th, 2015
”Every Time” by Michel Krug
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