"Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to grow."

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Don't speak if you don't have to about trivia. The time for joking comes because of the trust, and you have to earn the trust. So, I don't alibi for anything, and I'll take the heat. That's the other thing. Don't let them take the heat. We take the heat.

— Phil Ramone