I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't really have a career as a college professor, and yet I did all those things and I did… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
I go down to New York, do the project, and leave. I have no interest in participating in the rat race down there. Hip jazz fans know who I am. There's a generation of musicians in New York who know… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
I use a lot of double-tonguing [using the tongue to control airflow]; that allows me to play as fast as if I was slurring,… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't really have… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
There was a time, in my early 20s, when I picked up the trumpet and said, 'I've got to change what I'm doing.' I… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
Once I leave the studio I'm ready to do the next thing. There are records I made that I haven't heard. — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
I don't know if the music moves forward anymore. I haven't heard anything for years - except refinement - coming out of the jazz… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
I go down to New York, do the project, and leave. I have no interest in participating in the rat race down there. Hip… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
When I was in high school I made the discovery that if I was playing in a jazz club, and there were black people… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
![“I use a lot of double-tonguing [using the tongue to control airflow]; that allows me to play as fast as if I was slurring, but with clean articulation on every note.” quote by Paul Smoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fa1/paul-smoker-51723_articulation_i-use-a-lot-of-double-tonguing-using-the_1039733.jpg)
