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Chico Hamilton

"The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike it. If you dislike it, you probably don't know why. By the same token, you can't even really say why you like it."

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"The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike it. If you dislike it, you probably don't know why. By the same token, you can't even really say why you like it."

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Amber Hurdle

"People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas."

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Amber Hurdle

"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway."

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Amber Hurdle

"Strains of music spring up, crystallizing in the night air like rain turning suddenly to snow, drifting to earth."

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Amber Hurdle

"I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls."

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Amber Hurdle

"Music is happiness with a steady pulse."

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Amber Hurdle

"A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it."

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Amber Hurdle

"Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory."

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Amber Hurdle

"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows."

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Amber Hurdle

"If you have a recital to do, you have to memorize the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It produces an instant barrier, both for yourself and the audience."

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Amber Hurdle

"I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs."

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Chico Hamilton
"I have a company in New York City producing music for commercials, for radio, TV, features, etc. That's how I've been making my living. And now the company is very successful - to the extent that I can afford to come out and play."

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Chico Hamilton
"Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry."

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Chico Hamilton
"I'm quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music, sculpture, medicine or anything, have one primary concern - mankind."

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Chico Hamilton
"We incorporate various electronic devices - the echo plugs and things like that. Actually, all we're trying to do is make that sound musical. As opposed to just making sounds, we do musical things with them."

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Chico Hamilton
"The type of band that I have now, the type of music that we're playing you either like it or you dislike it. If you dislike it, you probably don't know why. By the same token, you can't even really say why you like it."

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Chico Hamilton
"I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music."

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Chico Hamilton
"A lot of musicians aren't proud; they'll do other work, just to be able to play music. I guess that's the way it's always going to be - musicians will have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet."

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Chico Hamilton
"Luckily, I'm in the position now of being able to play purely because I have the desire to do so."

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Chico Hamilton
"In fact, I had to make an enormous adjustment to this, not only in listening to it but in playing with it. It's a full sound. In some instances, you must have the volume to get the effect."

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Chico Hamilton
"And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay."

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