All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, 'Isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up … - Eubie Blake

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Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual.

Eubie Blake

All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, 'Isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up all the latest songs instantly without being able to read music?

Able, Instantly, Musician, Musicians, Read, Song

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The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn't learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we never played with no music. I'd get all the latest Broadway music from the publisher, and we'd learn the tunes and rehearse them until we had them all down pat- never made no mistakes. All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up all the latest songs instantly without being able to read music?

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I don't have any bad habits. They might be bad habits for other people, but they're all right for me.

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I wouldn't bet on a horse unless he came up to my house and told me to himself.

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