"You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?"

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"You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?"

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"When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them."

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"Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith and Mick. The rest of the band is sort of an embellishment to that."

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