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"I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me."
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"I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I've got, but each time I come away, I feel that I've learned something that I want to work on."

"I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me."

"Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records!"

"There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore."

"In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations."

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"I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments."

"Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language."

"There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes."
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