I grew up in the funk, rock and roll, blues and r&b tradition, and I came to this thing we call jazz later. And I came to improvise music from the standpoint of jazz; I was improvising, but within these… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
When I started doing improvise music in Europe, in the beginning I thought the way that Europeans were interpreting the reconstruction of deconstruction of this thing that we call jazz - of course it's different than what Americans do, because… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
I think when we start to understand what masculinity and femininity is, then men won't fear so much the feminine side coming out. And… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
Musicians are affected by the audience just as much as audiences are affected by the musicians. The only problem is that often times musicians… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
I grew up in the funk, rock and roll, blues and r&b tradition, and I came to this thing we call jazz later. And… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
When I play with people, one of the first rules is to listen. Just by the near fact that you listen and you're open… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
The planet belongs to all being; all beings are responsible. We all have to do whatever we can do no matter how small it… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
If you say you have an empty mind and you don't have an empty mind, you only know later that you have an empty… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
When I started doing improvise music in Europe, in the beginning I thought the way that Europeans were interpreting the reconstruction of deconstruction of… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
The place that I found where European musicians and American musicians come together is that odd middle world which is called uncertainty. — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
The world is going to change, whether we like it or not. We can participate in that change or we can be the victims… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
Femininity doesn't always relate to being a woman and masculinity doesn't always relate to being a man; it's a quality of being-ness. Women have… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
If you're truly playing improvised music, I don't care who you are or where you come from, you don't know what's going to happen.… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
