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Derek Bailey

"Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area."

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"Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area."

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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

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"Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music."

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"It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" I thought, this is it."

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"I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise."

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"I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls."

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"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."

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"Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music."
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"I've always liked the effect of having somebody in there who hadn't the faintest idea what was going on."
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"Solo concerts are murder, I find; I don't like doing them."
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"In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison."
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"For me, Company is still the best way for me to work."
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