自分がプレイするようにプレイしな。自分の思うようにプレイしなよ、そうすりゃ手に入る、手に入れようとすればな。手にした物が何であれ、それが自分なんだ、それが自分の物語なのさ。 - カウント・ベイシー［ウィリアム・ジェイムズ・ベイスィー］ (1904 - 84)
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Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're going to get it. And whatever you get, that's you, so that's your story. - Count Basie [William James Basie] (1904 - 84)
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