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> [On record dates like that I never felt too nervous because everything was really overdubbed. When we did that album, we were in the studio for probably a week, so you had a lot of opportunity to fix things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/on-record-dates-like-that-i-never-felt-too-nervous-because-everything/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

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## More by John Abercrombie

> [Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/classical-musicians-do-this-all-the-time-they-want-perfection-so-they/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

> [I don't remember what was going through my mind, but what was going through my body was fear and terror. I had been on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/i-don-t-remember-what-was-going-through-my-mind-but-what-was-going/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

> [As Eric Dolphy said 'Once you play the music, it's in the air. It's gone'. And that's true. But when you record it, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/as-eric-dolphy-said-once-you-play-the-music-it-s-in-the-air-it-s-gone/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

> [You're just sort of searching for this 'thing' and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is imperfect, but in jazz…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/you-re-just-sort-of-searching-for-this-thing-and-sometimes-you-get-it/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

> [On record dates like that I never felt too nervous because everything was really overdubbed. When we did that album, we were in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/on-record-dates-like-that-i-never-felt-too-nervous-because-everything/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

> [Schlepping all of the equipment is the part I hate more than anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/schlepping-all-of-the-equipment-is-the-part-i-hate-more-than-anything/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

> [To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/to-be-creative-and-spontaneous-you-have-to-live-with-imperfection/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

> [If you listen to a lot of music, it gradually seeps into your consciousness or your unconsciousness and comes out in your music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/if-you-listen-to-a-lot-of-music-it-gradually-seeps-into-your/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

> [Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/every-time-i-listen-back-to-solos-of-mine-i-ll-hear-something-i-like/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

> [The sound and proper exercise of the imagination may be made to contribute to the cultivation of all that is virtuous and estimable in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abercrombie/the-sound-and-proper-exercise-of-the-imagination-may-be-made-to/)

[John Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abercrombie/)

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