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Derek Bailey

"I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people."

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"I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people."

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"I wouldn't want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach this kind of playing. I don't think it works in other music, other kinds of playing."
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"In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison."
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"Solo concerts are murder, I find; I don't like doing them."
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"I don't research anything."
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"I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me."
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"Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music."
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"Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area."
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"Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much."
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"For me, Company is still the best way for me to work."
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"I've always liked the effect of having somebody in there who hadn't the faintest idea what was going on."
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