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"Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general."

"It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern musicians are, for better or worse, prisoners of Gutenberg."

"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians."

"I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues."

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"I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much that I could hardly do my college work."

"That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing."

"I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don't release them."

"I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible."

"I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste."

"Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers."
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