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"Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived."
Jazz,

"I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before."

"It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz."

"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."
Jazz,

"I have been steadily exchanging a rock audience who were nervous about what they had just bought for a jazz audience who not only were happy with their purchase, but are increasingly coming again."
Jazz,

"Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions."
Jazz,

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

"The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician."
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"We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle."

"I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have."

"It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen."

"You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio."

"Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone."

"When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill."
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