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"One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else."
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"If you're going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If you're going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation that's based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, you're down to about 10 people or so."
People
"It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest."
Focus
"Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups."
Day
"One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else."
Instinct
"If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold."
Love
"The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula."
Formula
"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."
Money
"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."
Jazz
"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."
Care
"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."
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"He felt a spasm of excitement because he knew instinctively who it was, or at least knew who it was he wanted it to be, and once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is."
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"A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy."
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"What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct."
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"We would not reliably assent to reproduce unless we first had lost our minds."
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"What saves us from succumbing to utter meaninglessness is not reason but instinct."
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"Dancing is the normal prelude to intercourse."
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"A 'biomass' man reaction comes from reflexes and instinct."
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"There must be instinct on d inside to have an increase on d outside."
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"There are many paths beyond the rules of limited thinking. Trust your instincts!"
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"If you swim with sharks, make sure you have the appetite of a whale."
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