Carolina Quotes
We're supposed to be joyous creatures, here on this earth, and if you're anything but joyous, you're not going by what is meant for you. So I try to get as much enjoyment out of life as possible without hurting anybody.
Dizzy Gillespie Carolinian
Source
Interview with Les Tomkins, Ronnie Scott's, London, 1973; published in Crescendo, September and October 1973
- form
- interview
- work
- Interview with Les Tomkins
- year
- 1973
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“We're supposed to be joyous creatures, here on this earth, a…” Dizzy Gillespie. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-0B2B7E4A25. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/0b2b7e4a25
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