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Any musician who says he is playing better either on tea, the needle, or when he is juiced, is a plain straight liar . . . You can miss the most important years of your life, the years of possible creation.

Source: In Hear Me Talkin' to Ya, by Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff, 1955.
-- Charlie Parker, (Aug 29 1920-1955), US musician; Yardbird was a legendary jazz saxophonist and co-creator of bebop.

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