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    ok you guys , music improv can get kinda soulful or spiritual yeah ?
    so i know some of you MUST be deep thinkers ....

    please post your fav aphorisms
    that are , simple , true , guides for you
    in your learning and improv ....


    my current fav is ....

    “do or don’t do .... there is no try”

    over to you ....

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    Life is short. Enjoy every sandwich.

    —Warren Zevon

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    " Never spit in a man's face unless his moustache is on fire. "

    'Sig Sakawicz', via Jackie Vernon.

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    "The waiting is the hardest part." Tom Petty. (I have muttered this many times over the years. It's not as if I heard the song and thought, "Brilliant line!" Rather, the truth of it often strikes me anew.)

    And then there's the Leonard Cohen line that is sometimes my signature, "If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often." There's something mysterious about that initial impulse that later, sometimes much later, becomes a finished work.

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    the golden rule of education “no good deed goes unpunished” LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jazzism
    the golden rule of education “no good deed goes unpunished” LOL
    never understood that one
    i’ve heard it of course

    like you do a good thing , then something
    bad happens to you ??

    i haven’t experienced that ....

    genuinely interested

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    Quote Originally Posted by pingu
    never understood that one
    i’ve heard it of course

    like you do a good thing , then something
    bad happens to you ??

    i haven’t experienced that ....

    genuinely interested


    It usually has to do with doing something to try and help somebody out and they either resent your interference, or you otherwise end up looking like the villein rather than the good guy. By extension, it could be any time you try to do the right thing and it backfires on you and leaves you wishing you had just minded your own business. For example, you find somebody's wallet laying on the ground, so you return it to them, and they accuse you of stealing the money that was in it.

    It can also be in reference to the concept of nice guys always finish last while the person who has no qualms about stepping on anybody's toes to get where they're going get all the rewards and accolades.

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    I tend to procrastinate until the last minute. When My wife confronts me with it, I usually reply with:

    Never do, today, what you can put off until tomorrow.


    For the workaholics among us, I also like:

    Anything worth doing is worth obsessing over.



    I'm not usually the most popular guy at parties.

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    "A is A."

    Ayn Rand, Objectivist guitarist with a fierce concern for standard tuning

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    Truer than than "seeing is believing"


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    Just got this from Episode 8 of the new "Perry Mason" on HBO:

    "If we're going to be working together, we need to be people who can act abominably on occasion."—Della Street

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    I posted it was my signature line, then realized I hadn't put it in on JG even though I have it there in other forums....oops.

    Regardless, it's there now. It's my own reminder to myself about what's important as a musician, and it ain't GAS!

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    A line of Goethe's that I read as a teen has been with me since: "Experience is only half of experience." (Even wrote a song about it.)

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    Wherever you go, there you are

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    Quote Originally Posted by lawson-stone
    Just got this from Episode 8 of the new "Perry Mason" on HBO:

    "If we're going to be working together, we need to be people who can act abominably on occasion."—Della Street

    I really enjoyed that series !! Those are some classic characters. I just saw they've ' ordered ' another 8 episodes.

    That is a real sleeper - -glad I stumbled upon that !

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    If you are going to get blamed for things you didnt do you might as well take the blame for everything.

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    It costs more time and money to do it wrong, than to do it right.

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    what? no wise words from the great yogi?...berra, that is

    “Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.” ...

    “You can observe a lot just by watching.” ...

    “It ain't over 'til it's over.” ...

    “When you come to a fork in the road take it” ...

    “The future ain't what it used to be.” ...

    “Nobody comes here anymore, its too crowded”



    cheers

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    You are what you play.

    A band is a schedule.

    Book a schedule; you'll find a band.

    Never promise what you can't deliver.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldjock
    It costs more time and money to do it wrong, than to do it right.
    .....Variations - -" If there isn't time to do it right, why is there always time to do it over ?? "

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    Some from the nuns:

    " The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions. "

    And in not living the life it takes to get you to Heaven:

    " Aim for the stars and you'll hit a fencepost. "

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    Not so bad; (hey if I said that about your guitar playing,,, well I apologize!).



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    Quote Originally Posted by jameslovestal
    Not so bad;


    hah, sounds like writer charles bukowski line!!

    cheers

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    Stan Laurel: You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil's always le(a)d.

    Joe Walsh: The smoker you drink, the player you get.

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    A bit of a downer, but:

    David Thoreau - The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation.