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> [It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band, rehearse, on my own. You know what I mean?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/it-s-not-really-that-i-didn-t-want-to-perform-at-all-what-i-didn-t/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

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## More by Jan Hammer

> [I'm so far removed from live playing any more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/i-m-so-far-removed-from-live-playing-any-more/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/it-was-very-hard-to-get-any-records-so-the-only-source-for-us-to/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/the-band-couldn-t-have-happened-anywhere-else-in-the-world-but-new/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/still-for-fun-i-play-the-drums-but-i-don-t-do-much-recording-with-them/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/i-ve-been-doing-a-lot-of-music-for-films-and-television-for-quite-a/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [Emotions are the fuel to really move you along, that’s the only way you can create music. If you don’t feel any emotions, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/emotions-are-the-fuel-to-really-move-you-along-that-s-the-only-way/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/growing-up-i-was-very-much-interested-in-jazz-music/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/it-s-not-really-that-i-didn-t-want-to-perform-at-all-what-i-didn-t/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/my-mother-is-a-singer-still-performs-today-she-s-a-jazz-singer/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [You never know what you find once you really get going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/you-never-know-what-you-find-once-you-really-get-going/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [Everything from now on will be done online - physical music media like the CD are dead in the water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/everything-from-now-on-will-be-done-online-physical-music-media-like/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/i-spent-well-over-a-year-on-the-road-with-sarah-vaughn-that-was/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/the-passion-and-spontaneity-in-music-is-all-gone/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

> [The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-hammer/the-problem-that-i-have-is-with-the-music-business-for-some-reason-it/)

[Jan Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-hammer/)

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