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"And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find."
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"I don't think you can contrive any sound."
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"Sounds travel through space long after their wave patterns have ceased to be detectable by the human ear: some cut right through the ionosphere and barrel on out into the cosmic heartland, while others bounce around, eventually being absorbed into the vibratory fields of earthly barriers, but in neither case does the energy succumb; it goes on forever - which is why we, each of us, should take pains to make sweet notes."
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"When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves."
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"The sound has grown and sweetened over the years as well, and you can hear it on many of my recordings and, most likely, will see and hear me playing it if you come to a live show."
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"My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut."
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"Most bands have a sound that they're already identified with, so for the producer it becomes a process of helping them find their muse in the studio to make a record that will not only satisfy them artistically, but will also do something in the marketplace."
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"If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good."
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"Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes."
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"The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it."
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"I know guys in my hometown that drive by feel and sound."
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"Three months. I was playing the organ for three months. It was a challenge for me in the beginning."
Beginning
"People like the idea of the trio and so I did mostly trio."
People
"I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell."
Son
"I always had the facial hair so I looked older than I was."
Hair
"My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed."
Mom
"And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find."
Sound
"Michael Coleman, now that was a boy that taught me some stuff too."
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"I did my first recording. It was called The Champ."
First
"I just came from Aspen, Colorado and they had fifteen kids I played for and they all played horns."
Kids
"My boys told me they'd rather play than practice."
Boys
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