Jackie McLean on Charlie Parker

So, and as a very young musician, that's how I wanted to play, exactly. I didn't care if someone said I sounded like him, that's what I wanted to do. And that was all I dreamt of doing. I didn't want to be original; I wanted to play like Charlie Parker.

-- Jackie McLean

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