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Jon Gordon is an American author and speaker on the topics of leadership, culture, sales, and teamwork.

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I feel very similarly. I didn't have necessarily the same exact kind of dynamic, but that means a lot when people are like that with you. Especially people like that. And I think [Phil Wood] felt a certain responsibility.

Like, Mean, Responsibility, Same, Thinking, Wood

Don't waste your energy on those who don't get on your bus.

Bus, Energy, Waste

Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.

Art, Classical Music, Stayed, Strasser, Teacher

We [with my mother] listened to music when I was a kid. We listened to a little bit of Bob's [Gordon] music, but just a little, I think it was too painful for her.

Kids, Mother, Painful, Think, Thinking

Larry [ Laurenzano] said to me one day near the end of junior high, "Jon, are you Jewish?" I said, "No. " And he said, "Well neither am I. I'm not sure of Caesar DiMauro, but he teaches at the JCC and I got you a scholarship there. "

Day, High, Jcc, Junior High, Juniors, One Day

[My mother told me] stories about Nat King Cole, and Miles Davis, and seeing pictures in later years with band leaders like Alvino Ray.

Alvino, Kings, Like, Mother, Years

I got to talk to people like Mel [Lewis] and Milt Hilton and Benny Carter and Clark Terry and. . . Jay McShann. I just found myself in some circumstances, on some gigs or sometimes in clubs, with the ability to talk to some of these people. Just being around their energy and being around that history was invaluable. And what I normally say to young people that are getting into the music, if you can and go. . . now there's less of those folks around, sadly.

Clubs, Energy, Invaluable, Normally, People

The best legacy you could leave is not some building that is names after you or a piece of jewelry but rather a world that has been impacted and touched by your presence, your joy, and your positive actions.

Names, Joy, Legacy, Touched, Building

[Phil Wood] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages.

Artist, Language, Several, Things, Wood, Woods

Barry Harris had a club called Jazz Cultural Theater and there were sessions there on a regular basis. I remember being there and sitting in with [Charles] McPherson and Barry being there, and just smiling at me. He didn't talk to me much at the time, he just came up and gave me a smile, which meant a lot. I've since gotten to know him and been around him a little bit.

Clubs, Littles, Sessions, Sitting, Smile

Everybody wants the quick fix, but it doesn't happen overnight. You have to be willing to put it out there. I call it 'the secret to being an overnight success,' which means there really isn't a such thing as an overnight success. ! The secret is you work really hard for 10 years, and then you become an overnight success.

Become, Everybody, Happen, Mean, Secret, Years

I got to talk to Mel Lewis a lot as a teenager. I think that's what really impacted me the most around that time.

Impacted, Talk, Talk To Me, Teenager, Thinking

Joe Henderson, who I maybe, to me, if I had to pick one improviser in my life that I saw live that blew my mind most, especially as a teenager.

Improviser, Life, Live, Mind, Saws, Teenager

I have to say, music was always my self preservation survival technique. This sort of sacred space in my life and in my mind.

Music, Sacred, Self, Space, Survival

Challenges ONLY make you STRONGER!!!

Challenges, Make, Stay Positive, Stronger

I learned some classical music history, which I had done quite a bit at of Performing Arts. But I got some more with a great teacher named David Noon, who I've been in contact with quite a bit in recent years.

Art, Arts, Classical, Contact, Teacher, Years

Only through service and sacrifice can you become great.

Become, Motivational, Sacrifice, Service, Service And Sacrifice

I did do an off-Broadway show for about 15 months. '91 and '92. It was nice to have a steady paycheck for a while. It was Oliver Jackson and Earl May, Art Barron and myself were the house band. I was 24 and 25 at the time.

Art, House, Jackson, Nice, Paycheck, Time

I have worked in the homes of many successful people and have seen firsthand that everyone fails in life, but failure can be a gift if you don't give up and are willing to learn, improve, and grow because of it. You see, failure often serves as a defining moment, a crossroads on the journey of your life. It gives you a test designed to measure your courage, perseverance, commitment, and a dedication. Are you a pretender who gives up after a little adversity or a contender who keeps getting up after getting knocked down?

Adversity, Gives, Giving Up, Perseverance, Seen, Willing

You hear about the struggles with substances and all that, but [Phil Wood] was a really a great guy. This was a great man.

Guy, Man, Men, Phil, Struggle, Wood

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