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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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"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."
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"I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is."
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"I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan."
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"Jazz was uplifted by what I did."
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"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."
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"I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan."
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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've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet."
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"Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught."
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"It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself."
Jazz

"Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am."
Being

"I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things."
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"Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music."
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"You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom."
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"Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different."
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"The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way."
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"While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future."
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"Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music."
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"When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best."
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