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I began by tinkering around with some old tunes I knew. Then, just to try something different, I set to putting some…
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Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn't do nothing.
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If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what…
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If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what…
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I don't need time, I need a deadline.
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Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.
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I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!
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The word [jazz] never lost its association with those New Orleans bordellos. In the 1920s I used to try to convince Fletcher…
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There is no art when one does something without intention.
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I like any and all of my associations with music -writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and…
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Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.
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Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last…
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There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.
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Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever…
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You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music…
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I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs…
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It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends,…
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