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"I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people."
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"What's happened - in our country, anyhow - is that the young people have shied away from the formality of the concert hall, that tie - and - tails philharmonic image."

"I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people."

"The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because I was emotionally and physically drained."

"I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea."

"Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies."

"I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last ten years."

"I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music."

"To pay 60 musicians for rehearsal and performance is quite something, and I decided I wouldn't be able to handle that kind of situation financially again, unless somebody else was taking care of that end of it."

"With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a whole other kind of energy."
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