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“Trying to play the new concept with a outward bound feeling.”
“There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.”
“Jazz has the ability to absorb & transform influences from diverse musical styles.”
“To get the music the way you want it, there's a lot of work involved.”
“When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story.”
“You explore beautiful songs & create your own interpretation of them.”
“When I got pretty good I went on the road with a group. We starved.”
“I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat.”
“Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers.”
“The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of their instrument.”
“I just fell in love with the integrity of the music & that was it.”
“I got more publicity for not doing a festival than for doing the festival.”
“Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.”
“Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat.”
“Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a traveling zoo.”
“If everyone liked what I did, I probably wouldn't be playing anything of depth.”
“[Jazz singing] is like pornography. You can't say what it is, but you know it when you see it.”
“One of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport.”
“The real innovators did their innovating by just being themselves.”
“If you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!”
“I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.”
“A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.”
“I felt a responsibility to present a viable alternative to the popular electric sound.”