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"I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound."
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"Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far."
"I like the way remixes sound. Some of them are really creative."
"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."
"Sound.Noisethe air employs.Melodies sweet.Tweet, tweet, tweet.Soft. Loud.A roaring crowd.Cluck. Caw. Crow.Tet, tet. Tis, tis.Guttural growl.Harrowing howl.Drip, drip, drip.Tap, tap, tap.Moan and groan.Endless drone.Ding, dang, dong.A church bell song.Vibrations in my earto hear.Sound."
"I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer."
"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."
"It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up."
"This is my second bass that Paul built me. There were some changes that were made. Sometimes I think of changes that could be made having to do with both the sound and the feel. It's definitely a beautiful instrument."
"I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village."
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"The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities."
"People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds."
"I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted."
"My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent."
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