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"Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation."
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"I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived."
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"Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught."
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"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."
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"I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena."
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"I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool."
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"I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is."
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"All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues."
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"Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality."
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"I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me."
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"You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio."
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"I have a little history. I met Stone Temple Pilots, and their guitar player was a huge Extreme fan. Somewhere down the road, Extreme made its statement."
History

"You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype."
History

"My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can't listen to the first one."
Extreme

"In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate."
Extreme

"If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat."
People

"I sing in a higher register, and you haven't heard that on the radio in years."
Years

"Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie."
People

"If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record."
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"I did some research and tried to pull out some old, classic Van Halen that they had not played in 10 or 15 years. I think that was Sammy's mistake. I he didn't want to do the Dave stuff."
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