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"You may have holes in your shoes, but don't let people out front know it. Shine the tops."
-- Earl Hines

"I don't think I think when I play. I have a photographic memory for chords, and when I'm playing, the right chords appear in my mind like photographs long before I get to them."
-- Earl Hines

"I always challenge myself. I get out in deep water and I always try to get back. But I get hung up. The audience never knows, but that's when I smile the most, when I show the most ivory." -
-- Earl Hines





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