Kevin Eubanks Quotes

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• The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so Im able to do a good job with what is in front of…
• I really live a simple life and don't need very much to feel good and happy. Don't get me wrong; I believe you should get…
• I am blessed to have Mom and Dad.
• I can pay my rent now. I guess I could always do that, but now I can get an apartment with heat.
• I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician.
• I love both my parents dearly.
• I had the fortunate experience to play with people from different schools of music. Sam Rivers is from the fundamentalist school of music.
• It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there…
• My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.
• If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to…
• I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.
• Hard work is what keeps the ship moving.
• James Brown is the reason I play guitar.
• After a while I thought it didn't make any sense to use a pick. It's kind of like typing with one finger on each hand…
• I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me,…
• In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments played…
• The belief that we are what the media says we are, what people perceive we are, is soon to be what we think we are.…
• Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.
• Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country.
• The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have.

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