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"It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself."
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"Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz."
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"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."
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"Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that."
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"Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition."
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"I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is."
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"I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything."
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"I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool."
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"Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything."
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"In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz."
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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 try to practice with my life."
Life

"But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already."
Truth

"Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference."
Life

"Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different."
Music

"The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom."
Wisdom

"Music happens to be an art form that transcends language."
Art

"The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way."
Music

"You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life."
Life

"I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music."
Music

"Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose."
Wisdom
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