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Charlie 'Bird' Parker:
Just tell me the secret. Dizzy Gillespie:
What secret? I know my own secrets, just like you know yours. What you're really asking me is how come when I'm supposed to hit at 9: 30, I hit at 9:30? How can I land on a cat I love as much as I love you and then fire his ass for showing up late or stoned? Why I can hold a group together? Why I'm a leader? Charlie 'Bird' Parker:
Yeah. That's what I'm asking. Dizzy Gillespie:
Because they don't expect me to be. Because, deep down, they like it if the nigger turns out unreliable. Because that's the way they think it's supposed to be. And because I won't give them the satisfaction of being right
Just tell me the secret. Dizzy Gillespie:
What secret? I know my own secrets, just like you know yours. What you're really asking me is how come when I'm supposed to hit at 9: 30, I hit at 9:30? How can I land on a cat I love as much as I love you and then fire his ass for showing up late or stoned? Why I can hold a group together? Why I'm a leader? Charlie 'Bird' Parker:
Yeah. That's what I'm asking. Dizzy Gillespie:
Because they don't expect me to be. Because, deep down, they like it if the nigger turns out unreliable. Because that's the way they think it's supposed to be. And because I won't give them the satisfaction of being right
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Don't talk just tell me the secret
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What secret
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I know my own secrets just like you know yours
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What you're really asking is
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how come when I'm supposed to hit at 9 30 I hit at 9 30
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How can I land on a cat I love as much as I love you
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and then fire his ass for showing up late or stoned
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Why I can hold a group together Why I'm a leader
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That's what I'm asking
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Because they don't expect me to be
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Movie Summary
The troubled life and career of jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker.
Actors
Charlie 'bird' Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
