"Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time."
-Dave Van Ronk
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"Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.“
-Dave Van Ronk
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"You can't be afraid of failure and you can't be afraid of success, because either one gets in the way of your work."
-Dave Van Ronk
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"They basically said that if I didn't show up for school they'd mark me present, they wouldn't send the truant officer after me. At 16 I enrolled in something called continuing education. Once a month I'd go out to Jamaica, but I didn't take it seriously."
-Dave Van Ronk
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."
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"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."
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