"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."

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"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."

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"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."

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"Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic."

Love

"I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company."

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"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."

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"I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show."

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"I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself."

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"There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record."

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"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."

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