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> [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 wasn't putting enough air through the horn. The tone I wanted was bigger than what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smoker/there-was-a-time-in-my-early-20s-when-i-picked-up-the-trumpet-and/)

[Paul Smoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smoker/)

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## More by Paul Smoker

> [ 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,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smoker/i-use-a-lot-of-double-tonguing-using-the-tongue-to-control-airflow/)

[Paul Smoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smoker/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smoker/i-don-t-really-have-a-career-as-a-jazz-musician-i-don-t-really-have-a/)

[Paul Smoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smoker/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smoker/there-was-a-time-in-my-early-20s-when-i-picked-up-the-trumpet-and/)

[Paul Smoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smoker/)

> [Once I leave the studio I'm ready to do the next thing. There are records I made that I haven't heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smoker/once-i-leave-the-studio-i-m-ready-to-do-the-next-thing-there-are/)

[Paul Smoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smoker/)

> [I don't know if the music moves forward anymore. I haven't heard anything for years - except refinement - coming out of the jazz…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smoker/i-don-t-know-if-the-music-moves-forward-anymore-i-haven-t-heard/)

[Paul Smoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smoker/)

> [I go down to New York, do the project, and leave. I have no interest in participating in the rat race down there. Hip…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smoker/i-go-down-to-new-york-do-the-project-and-leave-i-have-no-interest-in/)

[Paul Smoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smoker/)

> [When I was in high school I made the discovery that if I was playing in a jazz club, and there were black people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-smoker/when-i-was-in-high-school-i-made-the-discovery-that-if-i-was-playing/)

[Paul Smoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-smoker/)

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