[rumandromanism]

This is a stupendous read. Being a jazz saxophone player, I have become attached to this quote:

The first thing I noticed was that I began to hear the saxophone as though it was inside my head.... All the notes came easing out of my horn, like they's already been made up, greased and stuffed into the bell, so all I had to do was blow a little and send them on their way, one right after the other, never missing, never behind time, all without an ounce of effort.

—Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues