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Canto the Fourth

I
Nothing so difficult as a beginning
In poesy, unless perhaps the end;
For oftentimes when Pegasus seems winning
The race, he sprains a wing, and down we tend,
Like Lucifer when hurl'd from heaven for sinning;
Our sin the same, and hard as his to mend,
Being pride, which leads the mind to soar too far,
Till our own weakness shows us what we are.

II
But Time, which brings all beings to their level,
And sharp Adversity, will teach at last
Man, -- and, as we would hope, -- perhaps the devil,
That neither of their intellects are vast:
While youth's hot wishes in our red veins revel,
We know not this -- the blood flows on too fast;
But as the torrent widens towards the ocean,
We ponder deeply on each past emotion.

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poem by Byron from Don Juan (1824)
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An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

Jane Austen in Letter to Cassandra (25 November 1798)
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I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

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I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.

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Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.

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My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.

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My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!

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Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.

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Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.

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Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.

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