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• ‟ Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing.

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• ‟ When you see the same familiar faces, it's nice when you get a chance to play with the same musicians. You start to develop this shorthand so everybody knows where you're at and where you're going, but then again, there are always surprises. But the more people are comfortable with the material, the more free you can be with the music.

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• ‟ Jazz music by its very nature is just a conglomerate of a lot of different kinds of music.

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• ‟ In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn. Don't dismiss something out of hand because you think it's either beneath you or outside of the realm of where your interests lie.

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• ‟ All the music that I've made in the past I've believed in. I think some of it has been more commercially successful than others, but it wasn't premeditated.

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• ‟ Instrumental music is increasingly marginalized and there's just no outlet, there's no venue for it, in terms of media.

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• ‟ I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.'

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• ‟ Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.

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• ‟ Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

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• ‟ Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all music needs. Especially jazz music, since improvising is one of the cornerstones of what jazz is. And when you smooth it out, you take all the drama out of it.

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• ‟ In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.

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• ‟ I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is.

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• ‟ I didn't try to think what my audience wanted and then make the music accordingly. I made the music and hoped that as many people liked it as possible.

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• ‟ Music is like an open sky. You know it's out there... and there you are.

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• ‟ It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of is it's music where a lot of different elements are played at the same time. The harmonic, the melodic... You're pushing the boundaries on every level. That could be true of rhythm and blues as well. I'm a musician.

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• ‟ When I was 17 or 18 and it was time to figure out what to do with my life, I realized that I didn't enjoy anything as much as I enjoyed playing music. I felt that I had no choice: that I had to become a musician.

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• ‟ I try to do things that keep me interested. And play music that moves me. I like to move around and play in a lot of different ways.

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• ‟ I'm moved by a lot of different kinds of music, whether it's pop music or R&B or straight-ahead jazz or free or opera or music from all parts of the world.

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• ‟ Everyone goes through the ups and downs of living - fretting about the future, worrying about what happened. Music teaches us how to be in the moment.

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• ‟ I became a musician because I love music, and that is what has sustained me; it's not because I thought it was a great way to make a living. Music saved my life.

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