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" I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. "

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" I put out records to this day that are not necessarily in a sequence of anything. Some could be written a while back, some not. There is no set pattern. "

" In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing. "

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