"Jazz musicians have some outlaw in them somewhere if they are serious about this music...The is no valid motivation for it other than love– outlaw motivation in a profit-motivated society."
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La Tristesse de Saint Louis: Swing Under the Nazis, Chapter. 4, 1985, Dictionary of Quotations, Chambers: Edinburgh, U.K, 2005, p. 937
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Mike Zwerin
Mike Zwerin (May 18, 1930 – April 2, 2010) was an American musician and jazz writer.
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