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Greg Ginn

"I like a lot of electronica. I like older jazz rather than newer."

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Amber Hurdle

"Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues."

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"Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians."

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Amber Hurdle

"I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan."

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"Jazz was uplifted by what I did."

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"The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation."

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Amber Hurdle

"I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with."

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Amber Hurdle

"Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition."

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Amber Hurdle

"I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz."

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Amber Hurdle

"My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players."

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Amber Hurdle

"It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself."

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"The REM and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in on the trend. Don't try to sound like someone else. REM and Nirvana don't sound like anyone else."
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"There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing."
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"Most good things happen with time; especially music, which needs time to breathe and to find its own way."
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"The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification."
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"We had a lot of riots. We came under attack from many of the police departments. It certainly wasn't some publicity thing. I was afraid for many years. We couldn't play in LA for many years. A lot of people got very cynical."
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"If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient."
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"There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there."
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"There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies."
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"I didn't want to wait around for some business entity to come around and give me money and tell me what to do. We just started releasing records as best we could."
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"It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there."
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