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Quotes by Czech Authors

"I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing."

"I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

157

"Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen."

"Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Music, Emotions

142

"The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing."

"The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Music, Business, Reason

133

"Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music."

"Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Music, Growing up, Jazz

126

"The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone."

"The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Music, Passion, Spontaneity

126

"It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the Voice of America. We would be taping all the broadcast and then sharing the tapes and talking about it."

"It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the Voice of America. We would be taping all the broadcast and then sharing the tapes and talking about it."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

America, Listening, Sharing, Talking

124

"The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst."

"The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

122

"I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years."

"I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Music, Television, Years

122

"Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them."

"Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

61

"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Mother, Jazz, Today

56

"It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band, rehearse, on my own. You know what I mean?"

"It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band, rehearse, on my own. You know what I mean?"

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

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