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"When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio."

"But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions."

"When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'"

"I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer."

"You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others."
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"I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand."
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"We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album."
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