What I Can Say Is That For May Years Jazz Musicians Had To Go To Europe, For Instance, To Be Respected And To Be Sort Of Treated Not In A Discriminatory Way. I Don't Think There Is Anything Controversial About Me Saying That. This Is Just A Fact. - SearchQuotes

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What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and to be sort of treated not in a discriminatory way. I don't think there is anything controversial about me saying that. This is just a fact.

Sonny Rollins

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