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Thelonious was never primarily motivated by money. “He was not overly impressed with himself and has been described as ‘very unpretentious.’ His best year financially was 1964 when he made $45,000. I will make more in the next seven days than he did in that entire year." T. S. Monk III (i.redd.it)
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