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Andy Summers

"I was totally into jazz in my teens."

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Donna Grant

"I was exposed to jazz early on."

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"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."

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"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."

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"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."

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"The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point."

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"All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues."

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"I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record."

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Donna Grant

"The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness."

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Donna Grant

"I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey."

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Donna Grant

"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 that other than that's just the way it has been."

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"I'm better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created."
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"It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward."
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"I like to play with someone who can cover a lot of ground and someone with whom you can discuss the language at a reasonable level; otherwise it gets a bit frustrating."
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"It accumulates over the years and I've led so many bands of my own now and forced myself into new situations... You would hope that you play better and better - until you just get too feeble to do it anymore."
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"I actually think I play better now than I've ever played."
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"It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band."
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"It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards."
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