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Name : Don Stapleson Alias : Donsta Birth sign : Keep off the grass Favorite films : The Seventh Seal Play It Again Sam Ran The Producers Guys and Dolls Blazing Saddles Plan Nine From Outer Space Favorite quote : "The harder I work, the luckier I get." Unknown "I don't know Marge, trying is just the first step towards failure" Homer Simpson Personal heroes : John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Sir Issac Newton, and my wife Kathryn Stapleson Memorable books : Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Mote In Gods Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle The Bible Most inspiring memory : Opening for Dexter Gordon at Fort Dupont Park. Top five albums of all time : Giant Steps - John Coltrane The Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson La Flute A Paris - Alain Marion Charlie Parker with Strings John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic Barbershop Quartet Gangsta Raps Greatest Hits "You gotta have a dream . . ." : My dream is to help people to bring out the music in themselves. To help them realize that they don't have to be dependent on the radio or the CD player. That we all can make and enjoy music. Personal aspirations (realistic or not) : To be able to perform freely and without inhibition in any style of music. To have the determination to continue striving to bring out the best in myself and to not settle for what I have already done. |
