Charlie Hunter Quotes

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• That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing…
• So it's really hard for a horn player to comp. But I'm totally into trying to switch those paradigms around and find a little magic…
• That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but not…
• But I've come to the point in my evolution on the instrument where I realize that I can't play the same stuff that just a…
• I do dig the White Stripes. I like the record they have out now.
• I certainly hope my music is in no way, shape or form influenced by anything that would be known as a jam band. If it…
• I never do anything to strictly satisfy a fickle, ever-changing commercial world. I do the music I like to play. It's the only way I…
• The trio is the biggest sound you can have with the smallest unit.
• Yeah, it's more like playing what you think is appropriate for the moment, not forcing any particular style.
• Yeah, well, it did earlier - but as Bobby and I have played together, our thing as a unit has become so strong that they…
• Anyone playing with you is going to change where your direction is.
• If we really wanted to be cool, and everyone in the world had Pro Tools, we could just put it up on the internet and…
• And then as we played more and more as a trio, it became more and more of a situation where we realized we really knew…
• Bobby is really the one who did all the editing on that stuff. And he did all the mixing. I particularly like the record we…
• But I just think we've got such a continuity with what we're doing that most people come in and fill in the blanks. And sometimes…
• But that kind of falls in line; when you think about it, James Brown was a funk minimalist. All of those parts create a sum…
• Everything we did, we did live - and then Bobby took it home and chopped it up and edited it. Which is pretty much what…
• I mean, in the course of an evening, people will take a solo here and there, but generally it's all about the rhythm of that…
• It's just a way of trying to get to a third thing that's not particular to any quote-unquote genre. It's been great for me; it's…
• Now, when we first started, I would be playing something good and then feel like I wasn't doing the right thing and launch into some…

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