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"If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay."
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"I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?"
"What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America."
"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."
"Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic."
"If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold."
"The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula."
"We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid."
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