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The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstances whether created by others or by one's own human failings.
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We don't all dig Shakespeare uniformly, or even 'Little Red Riding Hood.' The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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March 1, 1914
Died:
April 16, 1994
(aged 80)
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