"One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it."

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"One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it."

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"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."

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"I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

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"The way that we imitate each others' riffs is something that other bands don't do as much. If we're jamming with a jazz band, or I am jamming with a jazz band, I have to catch myself, the tendency is always to do that."

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"I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself."

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

Greg Ginn, American Musician

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"I'm not a big jazz fan."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

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"Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught."

Paul Desmond, American Musician

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"I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet."

Al Jarreau, American Musician

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"I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then as a senior in high school I put together a jazz quintet called The Bobby Mack Jazz Quintet."

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"I was totally into jazz in my teens."

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