"A political ideology is a very handy thing to have. It's a real time-saver, because it tells you what you think about things you know nothing about."

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In 1908 Handy didn't know anything about the blues and he doesn't know anything about jazz and stomps to this day. I myself figured out the peculiar form of mathematics and harmonies that was strange to all the world but me.

— Jelly Roll Morton