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• When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any…
• ... The 'cleverness' syndrome has taken the place of melody. It's like everyone has come down with this terrible disease in jazz....you…
• I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player -…
• When you're up against an electric band like that, it's like you're on two separate planets.
• Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it.
• Ideally, I'd like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless.
• Creativity is what makes humanity move. We were created to participate.
• I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.
• I'm my own most merciless critic onstage.
• Music always turns into music. As soon as I play a key, push a key down, there's no theory any more. When…
• I've never heard anything Wynton [Marsalis] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His…
• If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?

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