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"I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch."
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"I was exposed to jazz early on."
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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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"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."
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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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"I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record."
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"The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness."
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"I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey."
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"If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been."
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"Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues."
Will
"Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!"
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"All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life."
Business
"I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'"
Business
"I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch."
Jazz
"I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet."
Feet
"If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune."
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