In those days it was either live with music or die with noi… - Ralph Ellison

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In those days it was either live with music or die with noise, and we chose rather desperately to live.

Ralph Ellison

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Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American writer and academic known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.

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In those days it was either live with music or die with noise, and we chose rather desperately to live. - Ralph Ellison

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