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"People said I'd never make 35, then I'd never make 40, 45; now I'm almost 50, so Im beginning to think maybe they might be wrong."
-- Chet Baker

"The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met."
-- Chet Baker

“Well, if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton.”
-- Chet Baker, speaking of jazz musician Wynton Marsalis



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