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“Because people really got tired, too, of the same old formatted sort of thing, and the same old formatted music.”

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We just can't go and try to turn the clock back, that's not happening anymore. You've got to figure something else out.

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They're not just interested in one sort of music any more.

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Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.

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Because I believe that the future of the music lies in the Internet. It can be sold on the Internet.

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Play as well as you can all the time, and if you're truthful to your thing, you'll succeed.

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