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"And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan."
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"It now costs more to amuse a child than it once did to educate his father."
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"I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players."
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