"We all lived in the same house, or most of us did. And as far as I can make out we were confined to the property, because at twenty-four hours' notice we'd have to do a gig somewhere. So you couldn't leave the building for more than twelve hours in case a gig came through."

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"We all lived in the same house, or most of us did. And as far as I can make out we were confined to the property, because at twenty-four hours' notice we'd have to do a gig somewhere. So you couldn't leave the building for more than twelve hours in case a gig came through."

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"The higher the building the lower the morals."

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"So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'"

Tommy Cooper, British Comedian

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Kelly Rowland, American Musician

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"I have been steadily exchanging a rock audience who were nervous about what they had just bought for a jazz audience who not only were happy with their purchase, but are increasingly coming again."

Jazz

"The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape."

Practice

"We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars."

American

"If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it."

Hearing

"I saw it as a challenge to play with Pat and we put hours and hours into it, usually on the bus. The trick was to find something that we both wanted to play within our different styles which would add up to being greater than the sum of its parts."

Being

"We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol."

Alcohol

"My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton."

Harmony

"But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot."

Music

"Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack."

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"Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention."

Discipline