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  • Hip-hop and jazz have always been intertwined. Even the G-funk thing. You listen to 'The Chronic,' there's flute solos and everything. It's always been there.
    - Kamasi Washington
  • Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope.
    - Kamasi Washington
  • All forms are complex once you get to a really high level, and jazz and hip-hop are so connected. In hip-hop, you sample, while in jazz, you take Broadway tunes and turn them into something different. They're both forms that repurpose other forms of music.
    - Kamasi Washington
  • I've had experiences where people say, 'I hated jazz before I heard you guys!' I'm like, 'You didn't hate jazz before you heard us; you hated the idea of jazz.'
    - Kamasi Washington
  • Jazz is a part of me.
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  • I never had a problem moving between jazz and hip-hop.
    - Kamasi Washington