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"Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues."
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"I was exposed to jazz early on."
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"I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences."
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"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."
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"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."
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"The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues."
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"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."
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"And I used to listen to a lot of jazz."
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"The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point."
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"All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues."
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"One of the things I like about jazz, kid, is I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?"
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"Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself."
Friendship
"Joe's been my drummer for 14 years, and we've been buddies for six years."
Years
"I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine."
Music
"I never really thought about becoming a professional musician."
Thought
"You have to pack as much as you can in an hour or 70 minutes. This time around it was 15 songs, so it was a challenge to get them all the right length so you could get them all on."
Time
"I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really."
Music
"Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues."
Jazz
"The way I look at it, they're all part of my musical diary, and I can listen to any one of them and it will bring up memories of what was going on at that time."
Time
"To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites."
Life
"I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear."
Art
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