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"People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant."

"Steve Martin is one of the most intelligent, well-read human beings that I've ever come across. He is equally as funny off screen as he is on. But he also has a very intellectual side, and he's a really nice human being. We actually become good friends."
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"What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy."

"If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid."

"I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets."

"You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing jazz. Now when you're not making money, people think that you're a good jazz musician."
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