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To Walden the saxophone was, at once, his key to the world in which he found himself, and the way by which that world was rendered impotent to brand him either a failure or madman or Negro or saint.

对沃尔登来说，萨克斯管立刻成了他了解自己所处世界的钥匙，而这个世界又使他变得无能为力，不能给他贴上失败者、疯子、黑人或圣人的标签。

— John Clellon Holmes 约翰·克列农·霍尔姆斯