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"The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid."
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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."
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"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."
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"Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."
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"Give light and people will find the way."
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"The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid."
People
"You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't."
Work
"I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself."
Jazz
"Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life."
Life
"The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music."
Music
"If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay."
People
"Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic."
Love
"A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format."
Time
"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."
America
"One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community."
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