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You can play Mozart all you want and pretend that it gives you class, but what is class, you know? Class is a bus driver on the M103 who gets off the bus to help somebody on board even though he's tired, he's exhausted, and he's two months behind on his mortgage. That's real class.
— James McBride
Tags: real, know, tired, you

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Every time I see something about the Wild West, I'm reminded that our version of history may not be what really happened.
— James McBride
Tags: see, wild, time, history
People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I mark a point in my solo where it's got to peak at point D I go to A, B, C D then I'm home.
— James McBride
Tags: people, home, time, you
The starting point of all great jazz has got to be format, a language that you can work within that, in some ways, is much tighter than the blues or even gospel. It's all working towards the same destination - the difference being that Miles Davis flew there, and I'm still taking the subway.
— James McBride
Tags: destination, great, you, work
Being a best-selling author doesn't make you a millionaire. It's not like Stephen King.
— James McBride
Tags: being, like, king, you
Spike Lee listens a lot. He's one of the quietest creative people I've ever met.
— James McBride
Tags: creative-people, he, creative, people
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