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"Sound is the first thing that we tune into."
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"I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum."
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"We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date."
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"At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been said, and what I think needs to be said at that point."
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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
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"The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957."
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"I always begin to compose the melody first."
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"My first encounter with a Kelly was not on a musical scale. It was from primary school. Dave and I went to primary school together and we were like boy scouts."
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"My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came out in 1964."
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"The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure."
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"The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn."
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"A first love always occupies a special place."
Love
"Bernstein grew up in my building in New York. He's a very, very fine player. When he was a kid, he came by to find out what was going on in the world of jazz."
Building
"Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode."
Name
"Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary."
Work
"After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way."
Time
"I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically."
Love
"It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music."
Music
"You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn."
Will
"As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz."
Music
"Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods."
History
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