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Lee Konitz

"I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard."

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"I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard."

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"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"

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"All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in."

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"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."

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"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."

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"Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together."

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"I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks."

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"I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up."

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"I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play."

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"After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it."

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"When we finally got to play that and we had a great show there, well I can tell it was pretty awesome. Y'know, we probably did bigger festivals since then; we probably headlined bigger festivals since then, but I will always remember that."

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"Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another."
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"It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music."
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"You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn."
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