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"Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music."

"Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that."
Jazz,

"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."
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"It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense."

"Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me."

"That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but not have it be about solos."

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

"I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to."
Jazz,
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