I am not afraid of European influences. The point is to use them, as Ellington did, as part of my life as an American Negro. - Inspiquo

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I am not afraid of European influences. The point is to use them, as Ellington did, as part of my life as an American Negro. - Cecil Taylor

I am not afraid of European influences. The point is to use them, as Ellington did, as part of my life as an American Negro.

- Cecil Taylor

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